ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 307303
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| Date: | Friday 20 December 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 107 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | T1860 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | La Belle Isle. -
 France
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wattisham, Suffolk |
Blenheim T1860: Took off at 02:50 hrs to attack Lannion Airfield. 20/12/1940
Aircraft force landed La Belle Isle, France.
Crew:-
Sgt (755736) Leonard Frederick BRAND (WOp/AG) RAF - POW
Sgt (581332) Geoffrey Royson GRIGGS (Obs.) RAF - POW
F/Lt (44177) Edgar Spottiswoode HUMPHREYS (pilot) RAF - POW (NCO:565906 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 06 August, 1940)
F/L Humphreys was at Stalag Luft III, Sagan and participated in the Great Escape on 24/25-3-4 and was recaptured and shot 31/3/44 by the Gestapo. He now lies in Old Garrison Cemetery at Poznan, Poland, grave 8C5. Humphreys had been known to the SIB Investigating officer F/Lt McKenna, whilst he had been a Henley pilot stationed at Squires Gate.
Sources:
1. Blenheim production list
2. Henk Welting's Database
3. ORB 107 Sqdn RAF
4. AIR81/4619
5. POW
6. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Dec-2023 07:42 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Dec-2023 07:43 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
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