ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 307424
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| Date: | Thursday 4 June 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 17 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | V5566 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | North Sea -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Upwood, Cambridgeshire, England |
Blenheim V5566: Presumed lost on an operational training navigation exercise over North Sea. 04/06/192
Crew:
P/O (111471) Gnani Nadaraja (pilot) RAFVR - killed
P/O (118716) Frank Joseph BARKER (Obs.) RAFVR - killed
Sgt (1256326) Reginald Eric DOMAN (WOp/AG) RAFVR - KILLED
Pilot Officer Nadaraja and Sergeant Doman have no known graves and are commemorated on the Air Forces Memorial at Runneymede, England.
The body of Pilot Officer Barker was recovered and now lies in Stamford Cemetery, Lincolnshire, England,
Sources:
1. National Archives file Air 81/14850 - viewable at Archives with a valid Reader’s Ticket. See link for more details https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C17386349
2. http://www.rafupwood.co.uk/17otulosses.html
3, https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/117031
4. Individual crew details at Commonwealth War Graves Commission website search page https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/
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