ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 226035
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| Date: | Wednesday 24 April 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 107 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L8750 |
| MSN: | OM-K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Missing - North Sea -
 Norway
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lossiemouth, Morayshire |
Blenheim L8750/K: Written off (destroyed) on combat operations when failed to return from a flight to attack Stavanger Aerodrome, Norway, 24/04/1940. The aircraft left RAF Lossiemouth at 01:20 hrs on mission to Stavanger. All the crew were killed when the aircraft was lost without trace (posted as "missing presumed dead"). Claim by Fw Werner Petermann 5/JG 77 - South West of Stavanger at 08:30 hrs.
Crew
F/O (36177) John Dawson MURPHY (NZ.pilot) RAF - killed
Sgt (580510) George Christopher DURIE (obs.) RAF - killed
LAC (550893) Edward Lewis WEEKS (WOp/AG) RAF - killed
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-L9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1978 p 59)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/165: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14141966
3. http://www.isle-of-wight-memorials.org.uk/people_2_w/weeks_el.htm
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1531187/weeks,-edward-lewis/
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/232633/durie,-george-christopher/
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1077416/murphy,-john-dawson/
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 12 May 1940 | L8748 | 107 Sqn RAF | 0 | near Breendonk, Antwerp. |  |
w/o |
| 6 April 1941 | V6023 | 107 Sqn RAF | 3 | the sea off Pittenweem, Fife, Scotland |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jun-2019 19:10 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 10-Jun-2019 19:10 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 11-Jun-2019 05:29 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 30-Dec-2020 21:20 | Glog | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 05-Jun-2022 16:28 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
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