Date:	Sunday 15 June 1941
Time:	19:47
Type:	Bristol Blenheim Mk IV
Owner/operator:	101 Sqn RAF
Registration:	V6375
MSN:	SR-Y
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	North Sea, 60km west of Alkmaar, Holland. -   Netherlands
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Manston, Kent
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Blenheim V6375/Y: Took off at 18:27hrs on an anti-shipping operation over the North Sea. 15/06/1941
The aircraft was shot down by a Bf109E piloted by Ofw. Kurt Barein of 1./JG1, crashing into the North Sea at 19:47hrs approx 60km west of Alkmaar, Holland.
Crew:
F/Sgt (745814) Arthur Edwin GUESFORD (pilot) RAFVR - Killed, burried at Kirkeby Kirkegard, Denmark.
Sgt (935434) Clifford Frank SHEARN (AG) RAFVR - Missing in action believed to be killed. Runnymede Memorial, panel 52.
Sgt (755505) Leslie Percy Charles ROLFE (WOp) RAFVR - Killed, burried at Kirkeby Kirkegard, Denmark.

1.https://www.manstonhistory.org.uk/timeline/
2.Blenheim production list
3.AIR81/6926
4.CWGC
5.https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/225347
6. Faldne allierede flyvere 1939-1945 (Anders Bjornvad)

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w/o

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
22-Apr-2024 08:06	Anon.	Updated [Source, Narrative]