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Date: | Friday 24 May 1940 |
Time: | 21:30 |
Type: | Bristol Blenheim Mk IF |
Owner/operator: | 600 (City of London) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | L1516 |
MSN: | BQ-A |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Fordbridge gravel pit, Fordbridge, Sunbury-on-Thames, England -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Redhill, Surrey |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Blenheim L1516/A: Took off at 17:40 hrs for a Convoy patrol 24/05/1940
On return engine cut and control was lost, hit trees and crashed at Fordbridge gravel pit, Sunbury-on-Thames.
The plane was destroyed by fire at 21:30 hrs.
Crew:
F/O (90097) Patrick Claude HANNAY (Pilot) RAFVR - killed
LAC (749371) James Dempster SHORT (WOp/AG) RAF - killed
Sources:
1.https://www.manstonhistory.org.uk/timeline/
2.Blenheim production list
3.AIR81/2164
4.ORB
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
8 August 1940 |
L8665 |
600 (City of London) Sqn RAF |
3 |
English Channel near the harbour Manston, Kent, England |
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w/o |
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