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| Date: | Friday 7 February 1941 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Vickers Wellesley Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 47 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K7759 |
| MSN: | KU- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Mendefera -
 Eritrea
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Barentu |
Took off for a reconnaissance mission over Adi Ugri (now Mendefera) road. Shot down by Italian fighter crewed by Cap. Mario Visintini and Sergente Soffriti after they had shot Wellesley I K8525 down.
Crew:
564554 Sgt Edwin Ellis BLOFIELD - killed - Asmara War Cemetery, Eritrea
563111 Sgt John Herbert DAVIES - killed - Asmara War Cemetery, Eritrea
???????? Sgt Leonard BIRD - PoW
Sources:
1.https://www.ipswichwarmemorial.co.uk/edwin-ellis-blofield/
2.Bomber Command Losses In the Middle East and Med. (Volume 1: 1939-1942) David Gunby & Pelham Temple, page 41
3.CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Sep-2025 12:56 | MMR | Added |
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