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Date: | Friday 18 July 1941 |
Time: | |
Type: | Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
Owner/operator: | 21 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | V5595 |
MSN: | YH-P |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | English Channel off Gravelines, departement Nord, 25 km SW of Dunkirk. -
France
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Manston, Kent |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Blenheim V5595/P: Took off at 11:15hrs on an anti-shipping operation. 18/07/1941
It was shot down off Gravelines by Navy flak. Wreckage brought ashore by the Germans.
Crew:
Sgt (915235) Sgt John Rupert Matland KEMP (pilot) RAFVR - POW
Sgt (759244) Ernest Albert GOOLD (obs) RAFVR - POW
Sgt (650186)Sgt. Frederick Jack SOAL (WOp/AG) RAFVR - POW
Sources:
1.https://www.manstonhistory.org.uk/timeline/
2http://www.aircrewremembrancesociety.co.uk 3.Blenheim production list
4.ORB
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
10-Nov-2014 14:05 |
Oezil 007 |
Added |
10-Nov-2014 14:29 |
Fort Knox |
Updated [Cn, Source] |
26-Sep-2018 09:59 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |