ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 302588
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| Date: | Saturday 3 May 1941 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 101 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | T2234 |
| MSN: | SR-H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | English Channel 19 miles south of Dungeness, Kent, England -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Manston, Kent |
Blenheim T2234/H: Took off at 19:29hrs on an anti-shipping mission. 03/05/1941
Aircraft hit by enemy anti aircraft fire at sea off Boulogne.
Damaged by Flak and subsequently ditched 19 miles off Dungeness Kent. All crew killed.
Crew:
Sgt John Francis CHELL (751489) RAFVR - killed
Sgt (968587) Clarence Hubert DEANE (pilot) RAFVR - Killed
Sgt George Derryck WATKINSON (755482) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.https://www.manstonhistory.org.uk/timeline/
2.AIR81/6218
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