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Date: | Sunday 23 March 1941 |
Time: | |
Type: | Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
Owner/operator: | 105 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | Z5903 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Missing - North Sea -
Germany
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Swanton Morley, Norfolk |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Narrative:Blenheim Z5903/D: Took off at 19:51hrs for a raid to Hanover. 23/03/1941
The plane on a mission off the German coast, apparently disappeared over the North Sea /Missing.
Crew:
Sgt (904527) Cecil Hubert KING (Pilot) RAFVR: killed
Sgt (755142) Robert Friar MURPHY (Obs.) RAFVR: killed
Sgt (755569) Frederick GIBBS (WOp/AG) RAFVR: killed
Sources:
1.Blenheim production list
2.Henk Welting's Database
3.ORB 105 Sqdn RAF
4.AIR81/5539
5.CWGC
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