ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 67411
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| Date: | Thursday 17 April 1941 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 105 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | T2141 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | The Channel off coast Brittany. -
 France
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| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF St.Eval, Cornwall |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Blenheim T2141:Took off at 13:10 hrs for a Anti shipping patrol over Beat 17. 17/04/1941
During an patrol the aircraft was shot down at sea off the Brittany coast by enemy fighters Bf109s during an aerial combat. Crashed in The Channel off coast Brittany
Crew:
Sgt (742026) Ivor Griffiths SARJEANT (pilot) RAFVR: killed
Sgt (967757) Lionel Lewis EVERED (Obs.) RAFVR: killed
Sgt (552727) Kenneth Gaston GRESTY (WOp/AG) RAF: killed
Sources:
1.AIR81/5910
2.Henk Welting's Database
3.ORB 105 Sqdn RAF
4.http://www.aviationarchaeology.com
5.CWGC
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