ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 14810
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| Date: | Sunday 13 April 1941 |
| Time: | 16:07 |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 211 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L1434 |
| MSN: | 8717 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lake Mikri Prespa -
 Greece
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Paramythia, Greece |
| RAF Paramythia |
Blenheim L1434: Took off for a Operational flight over Bitolj, Yugoslavia. 13/04/1941
On the afternoon of Easter Sunday, 13 April 1941, six of the Squadron’s seven remaining serviceable Blenheims took off from Paramythia for an unescorted daylight attack on German forces some some 120 miles away to the NNE, advancing South via the Monastir Gap through Florina in Northern Greece.
On the return leg, the formation was intercepted by Luftwaffe Me 109s of 6/27JG shortly after 16:00hrs.
Shot down by Bf.109 of Hauptmann Gerlach at 16:07 hrs. Shot up and reportedly in flames, Buchanan was able to forced-land his damaged Blenheim in the shallows at the SE end of Lake Mikri Prespa. Geordie Pattison was dead in the turret. Buchanan and Cryer are reported to have later died in an Albanian hospital.
Crew:
F/Lt (40885) Lindsay Basil BUCHANAN DFC (pilot) RAF: killed.
S/Ldr (37084) Leslie Edward CRYER DFC (obs) RAF - killed.
Sgt (640059) George PATTISON DFM (Wop/AG) RAF - killed.
Several items from this Blenheim, including a wing and engine, were recovered from the lake bed in june 1993, and transported to the Tatoi Museam, Athens.
Recovery work was halted when it was realised the wreck still contained four live 250 pound bombs.
Sources:
1.Air Britain RAF Aircraft L1000 - N99999
2.CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Feb-2008 08:23 | JINX | Added |
| 03-Jul-2008 22:21 | JINX | Updated |
| 15-Dec-2014 20:09 | Polish | Updated [Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 26-Sep-2018 10:41 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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