ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 228454
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| Date: | Monday 27 May 1940 |
| Time: | 18:30 |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 107 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N6192 |
| MSN: | OM-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | English Channel, off Merck-Saint-Liévin, 7 km east of Calais. -
 France
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| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wattisham, Suffolk |
Blenheim N6192/R: Written off (presumed destroyed) 27 May 1940 when lost failed to return) from a combat operation over Northern France. All three crew killed. According to the official Air Ministry File into the incident (File AIR 81/628): "Blenheim N6192 assumed lost at sea off the coast of France, 27 May 1940. Sergeant J Mahoney, Sergeant W C H Paish and Sergeant H Warman: missing presumed dead".
Blenheim N6192: Took off at 17:45 hrs on 27/05/1940 as part of a 24 aircraft sortie to continue assault on troop concentrations around St. Omer. Shot down at Merck (Pas-de-Calais), 7 km E of Calais, France and crashed "at sea" (that is, into the English Channel). Aircraft and all three crew lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt (580275) Harry WARMAN (pilot) RAF : missing presumed dead
Sgt (511862) William Charles Henry PAISH (Obs.) RAF : missing presumed dead
Sgt (548565) John MAHONEY (WOp/AG) RAF : missing presumed dead
As no trace of the aircraft or the three crew were ever found, all three are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. The reported crash location of Merck-Saint-Liévin is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France, at approximate Coordinates: 50°37′40″N 2°06′55″E.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft N1000-N9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1977)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File Air 81/628: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14502049
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1809660/warman,-harry/
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1803760/paish,-william-charles-henry/
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1079821/mahoney,-john/
6. http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=1935
7. http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/107_squadron.html#2705
8. http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/raf-losses-may-1940-an-update.16940/page-14#post-200397
9. https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/229408/
10. http://aircrewremembered.com/lost-rob-philips-memorial-archive-2taf-107-sqd-raf-killed-or-missing.html
11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merck-Saint-Li%C3%A9vin
12. https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/217690/
13. https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/221486/
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 22 May 1940 | P4925 | 107 Sqn RAF | 0 | English Channel, Dungeness, 7 miles off Kent coast, England |  |
w/o |
| 10 July 1940 | R3916 | 107 Sqn RAF | 0 | near Airaines, Amiens, Somme department, Hauts de France. | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Aug-2019 22:34 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 24-Aug-2019 08:23 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 12-Nov-2023 09:20 | Anon. | Updated [[Operator]] |
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