Date:	Tuesday 2 July 1940
Time:
Type:	Bristol Blenheim Mk I
Owner/operator:	11 Sqn RAF
Registration:	L4924
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	25 miles from RAF Ras Ara, Aden -   Yemen
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Ras Ara, Aden
Destination airport:	RAF Ras Ara

Narrative:
Blenheim L4924: Take-off for a attack on bomb dump at Assab. 02/07/1940
The aircraft was damaged by flak during the attack and made an crashlanded at 40 km from Aden.

Crew:
F/O J.A.W. LAWRENCE
Sgt. H. HILL
AC1 H.T. BOWEN

Crew unhurt and picked up later in day by aircraft from the squadron

Air Britain RAF Aircraft L1000 - N9999
Blenheim production list.
ORB 11 Sqdn RAF
National Archives Kew Record of Events AIR 27/157/4
Bomber Command Losses in The Middle East and Mediterranean (Volume 1: 1939-1942) D. Gunby & P. Temple, page 20.

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
25-Mar-2008 09:46	JINX	Added
15-Dec-2014 16:47	Gerrard	Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, ]
15-Dec-2014 16:47	Gerrard	Updated [Location, ]
09-Oct-2018 16:45	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator, ]
01-Sep-2024 18:47	Nepa	Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator, ]
01-Sep-2024 18:48	Nepa	Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Operator, ]
30-Aug-2025 08:07	MMR	Updated [Source, Narrative, ]