Date:	Friday 21 June 1940
Time:	14:40 .
Type:	Blackburn Roc Mk I
Owner/operator:	801 Sqn FAA RN
Registration:	L----
MSN:	H
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	-   France
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Detling, Kent, England
Destination airport:	-

Narrative:
801 Sqn. Fleet Air Arm, Royal Navy, Blackburn Roc, operating from RAF Detling, Kent was shot down by anti-aircraft fire on 21st June 1940 during a dive bombing attack on the Cap Griz Nez long range gun batteries on the northern French coast. Pilot, Sub-Lieutenant, Anthony Victor Macaskie Day and Air Gunner, Naval Airman, Frederick Berry were killed in the action.

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Dunkirk ships, June 1940 (naval-history.net)
German Coastal Gun Sites (blighty-at-war.net)
World War 2 - No. 801 Squadron FAA, May/June 1940 (epibreren.com)
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Date/time	Contributor	Updates
14-Dec-2020 12:51	Peter Clarke	Added
04-Jan-2024 17:30	Anon.	Updated [Cn, Source]