ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 306081
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| Date: | Tuesday 27 August 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 101 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | T2060 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Missing - English Channel. -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Thorney Island, Hampshire |
Blenheim T2060: Took off for Night Training flight /Fighter Affiliation exercise. 27/08/1940.
The aircraft failed to return from a Training flight. The engine cut out and the plane crashed into the sea at night. It was probably a practice flight before a transiting to the Middle East. Missing.
Crew:
P/O (41440) Archibald Duncan McLAREN DFC (pilot) RAF : injured;
Sgt (755497) Lewis Duthie CAMPBELL (Obs.) RAF - killed
Sgt (624332) John THOMSON (WOp/AG) RAF - killed
Sources:
1.KEW: AIR81/2855
2.ORB 101 Sqdn RAF
3.CWGC
4.Blenheim production list
5.Henk Welting's Database
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