ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 386934
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| Date: | Friday 16 August 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 40 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P4908 |
| MSN: | BL-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Missing -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
| RAF Wyton |
Blenheim P4908/R: Took off 21:05hrs from RAF Wyton. with 5 other aircraft on bombing missions over Chartres aerodrome.15/08/1940
Blenheim P4908 failed to return from air operations, 16/08/1940.
Crew:
Sgt K Newton, Sgt F M Hotchkiss and Sgt G A McCreary: prisoners of war;
Sources:
National Archives Kew 40 Sqdn ORB Record of Events Doc AIR27/412/14 page 4
KEW AIR81/1446
KEW C14502868
ORB 40 Sqdn RAF
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 6 June 1940 | L8827 | 40 Sqn RAF | 0 | Saint-Valéry-en-Caux, Dieppe, Seine-Maritime department, Normandy | |
w/o |
| 6 June 1940 | P4917 | 40 Sqn RAF | 0 | Weygand Line, between Abbevile and St. Valery-sur-Somme | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Apr-2024 05:42 | redwine163 | Added |
| 25-Apr-2024 10:04 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator] |
| 25-Apr-2024 10:45 | Nepa | Updated [Date, Location, Country, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 25-Apr-2024 10:46 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 25-Apr-2024 10:47 | Nepa | Updated [Total fatalities, Location, Source, Operator] |
| 25-Apr-2024 14:34 | Nepa | Updated [Registration, Location, Source, Operator] |
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