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Date: | Friday 4 July 1941 |
Time: | |
Type: | Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
Owner/operator: | 107 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | V6020 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Bremen Blockland -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Great Massingham, Norfolk |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Little or no information is available |
Narrative:Blenheim V6020: Took off at 05:10 hrs for a low level daylight raid to Bremen /mission WRECKAGE. 04/07/1941
Shot down by heavy Flak from the Berger Park as was V6193.
Blenheim V6020 crashed in the target area /at Bremen Blockland.
Crew:
W/Cdr (37418) Lawrence Victor Elliott PETLEY (Pilot) RAF . killed
F/Lt. (44598) Raymond Arthur BAILEY (Obs.) RAF - killed (NCO:580405 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 08 October, 1940)
F/Sgt (551662) Wilfred Marshall HARRIS (WOp/AG) RAF - killed
Sources:
https://luftfahrtarchaeologie.de/?Absturzorte___Bremen___04.07.1941_Bremen-Groepelingen 1.Blenhein production list
2.ORB 107 Sqdn RAF
3.Henk Welting's Database
4.AIR81/7370
5.CWGC
6.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
26-Jul-2020 14:42 |
Cobar |
Added |
26-Jul-2020 14:47 |
Cobar |
Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
04-Jul-2023 10:32 |
Rob Davis |
Updated [[Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative]] |