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| Date: | Sunday 2 February 1941 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 11 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | T2235 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Missing - Mediterranean Sea - |
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Abu Sueir, Egypt |
| Eleusis, Greece |
Transit flight from Abu Sueir, Egypt, to Eleusis, Greece. Went missing in icing conditions over the Mediterranean.
Crew:
774065 Sgt Douglas Gordon STRACHAN - missing believed killed - Alamein Memorial Column 244
640214 AC1 Edward BRADBURY - missing believed killed - Alamein Memorial Column 244
967821 Sgt Ronald Edwin George CLIFT - missing believed killed - Alamein Memorial Column 242
776027 Sgt Gerald DATE - missing believed killed - Alamein Memorial Column 242
Sources:
1.Bomber Command Losses In the Middle East and Med. (Volume 1: 1939-1942) David Gunby & Pelham Temple, page 40
2.AIR81/5008
3.CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Sep-2025 16:00 | MMR | Added |
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