ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 302895
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| Date: | Tuesday 14 May 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 21 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L8742 |
| MSN: | YH-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Sugny, Vresse-sur-Semois, Namur, Wallonia -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bodney, Norfolk |
Blenheim L8742: Took off at 17:50 hrs for an attack enemy troops in woods east of Givonne (Ardennes) and north of Sedan. 14/05/1940.
Shot down by enemy fighters. Shot down and crashed near Sugny, Belgium.
Crew:
P/O (40382) Robert Gerald Maxwell GILMORE (pilot) RAF - killed
Sgt (564385) Thomas Robert Arthur Dalton PEARCE (obs.) RAF - killed
AC1 (538054) Alfred George WILSON (WOp/AG) RAF - killed
Sources:
1.Blenheim production list
2.ORB 21 Sqdn RAF
3.CWGC
4.AIR81/2091
History of this aircraft
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