Date:	Thursday 18 July 1940
Time:
Type:	Bristol Blenheim Mk IV
Owner/operator:	101 Sqn RAF
Registration:	P6924
MSN:	SR-G
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Missing - English Channel -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF West Raynham, Norfolk
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Blenheim P6924/G: Written off (destroyed) when lost for air operations. 18/07/1940
All three crew missing, presumed killed. According to the official Air Ministry file into the incident:
" Blenheim P6924 lost in air operations, 18 July 1940.
Flying Officer F E R Ducker, Sergeant E L Dodd and Sergeant G E Bloor: missing presumed dead"
Blenheim P6924. Failed to return from a daylight attack on Cherbourg airfield (Manche) and believed to have crashed in the Channel at approximately 15.00-16.00 hrs.
Crew :
F/O (71091) Francis Edward Robert DUCKER (Pilot) RAF - missing presumed killed - Runnymede Memorial panel 5
Sgt (746988) Edward Laurence DODD (Obs.) RAF - missing presumed killed - Runnymede Memorial panel 13
Sgt (633207) Gordon Elijah BLOOR (WOp/AG) RAF - missing presumed killed - Runnymede Memorial panel 12

Date of dead according to CWGC and mentioned on the Runnymede Memorial is 19-07-1940.

1.Royal Air Force Aircraft P1000-P9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
2.National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/1143: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14503082
3.https://www.cwgc.org/
4.Blenheim production list
5.ORB 101 Sqdn RAF
6.CWGC

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
17-Oct-2019 16:24	Dr. John Smith	Added
27-Oct-2019 22:24	Anon.	Updated [Operator, Operator, ]
02-Jan-2021 18:37	Fanda	Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator, ]
10-Aug-2024 11:40	Nepa	Updated [Narrative, Operator, ]
16-Aug-2024 11:20	Nepa	Updated [Date, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator, ]
02-Aug-2025 08:37	MMR	Updated [Source, Narrative, ]