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Date: | Friday 15 August 1941 |
Time: | |
Type: | Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
Owner/operator: | 105 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | Z7522 |
MSN: | GB-E |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Missing - Mediterranean Sea -
Tunisia
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Luqa, Malta |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Blenheim Z7522/E: Took off at 07:00 hrs for a Anti shipping patrol.15/08/1941.
The aircraft failed to return from operational flight off the coast of north Africa. During the attack on the ship it was damaged by AA fire and crashed into the sea.
Crew:
F/O (79153) Hubert Jack ROE (pilot) RAF: killed
F/Sgt (580630) John Douglas TIMMS (Obs.) RAF: killed
F/Sgt (552093) Stuart Rex SAMWAYS (WOp/AG) RAF: killed
Sources:
1-Blenheim production list
2.ORB 105 Sqdn RAF
3.AIR81/8389
4.CWGC
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
26-Sep-2015 16:58 |
gerard57 |
Added |
19-Jun-2024 21:53 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |