ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 238633
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| Date: | Friday 4 July 1941 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 105 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | V6028 |
| MSN: | GB-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Swanton Morley, Norfolk, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Swanton Morley, Norfolk |
| RAF Swanton Morley | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Little or no information is available |
Blenheim V6028/D: Took off at 05:21 hrs for a low level daylight raid to Bremen /mission WRECKAGE. 04/07/1941
The flight was carried out mostly under conditions of poor visibility. Three changes of course were necessary on the outward journey, of which two were effected on dead reckoning alone, out of sight of land. Flying through a balloon barrage and meeting with most determined and accurate fire from the ground, the centre of the town was attacked from a height of about fifty feet. During the action Sgt Quinn was wounded in the leg but remained at his post maintaining wireless watch and assisting P/O Ramsay materially in navigating the aircraft safely back to base. Landing Ok at base at 11:12 hrs.
Crew:
W/Cdr (39005) Hughie Idwal EDWARDS VC DFC (pilot) RAF: Ok;
P/O (88659) Alister Stewart RAMSAY DFC (Obs.) RAFVR: Ok;
Sgt (543799) Gerald Douglas Pryor QUINN DFM (WOp/AG) RAF: injured;
Sources:
1.https://luftfahrtarchaeologie.de/?Spezial___04.07.1941_Operation_Wreckage
2.London Gazette
3.ORB 105 Sqdn RAF
4.AIR81/7379
5.CWGC
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 August 1941 | Z9604 | 105 Sqn RAF | 3 | Missing - Mediterranean Sea |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Jul-2020 16:40 | Cobar | Added |
| 25-Jul-2020 16:42 | Cobar | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
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