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| Date: | Saturday 21 September 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 14 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | T2061 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North of Massawa -
 Eritrea
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Port Sudan |
One of three aircraft to bomb Otumlo airfield. Took off at 11:35hrs from Port Sudan. Force-landed after being hit in the port engine.
Crew:
39298 F/Lt Norman George BIRKS - PoW
562127 Sgt John P. GILLHESPY - PoW
613598 Sgt James Linklater Birnie CHEYNE - PoW - died 25-09-1940 wounds/natural causes - buried at Asmara War Cemetery, Eritrea
Sources:
1.Bomber Command Losses In the Middle East and Med. (Volume 1: 1939-1942) D.Gunby & P. Temple, page 26
2.AIR81/3380
3.https://caspir.warplane.com/personnel/unit-search/p/600003386
4.CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Sep-2025 11:16 | MMR | Added |
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