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| Date: | Tuesday 19 November 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 203 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L9458 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Sea off Aden -
 Yemen
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Khormaksar, Aden |
Plane took off from Khormaksar at 12:30hrs to patrol convoy BN8. While in a cloud pilot lost control and the plane crashed into the sea.
Crew:
84995 P/O Ronald Owen STOCK GIVAN - missing believed killed - Alamein Memorial Column 239
581430 Sgt Francis Harold BANFIELD - missing believed killed - Alamein Memorial Column 239
539168 LAC William Reay BLACKBURN - missing believed killed - Alamein Memorial Column 240
Sources:
1.Bomber Command Losses In the Middle East and Med. (Volume 1: 1939-1942) David Gunby & Pelham Temple, page 31
2.AIR81/4270
3.CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Sep-2025 13:59 | MMR | Added |
| 03-Sep-2025 14:22 | MMR | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
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