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| Date: | Thursday 25 September 1941 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 8 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | V6222 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Gulf of Aden -
 Yemen
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Khormaksar, Aden (Yemen) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Took off from Khormaksar, Aden (now Yemen), for a radar calibration exercise. Pilot lost control of the aircraft an crashed into the Gulf of Aden.
Crew:
400377 Sgt Alfred Guthrie WHITE - missing believed killed - Alamein Memorial, Column 246.
625494 F/Sgt Eric Victor MESSAGE - missing believed killed - Alamein Memorial, Column 242.
751559 Sgt James Edward STODDARD - missing believed killed - Alamein Memorial, Column 244.
Sources:
1.Bomber Command Losses In the Middle East and Med. (Volume 1: 1939-1942) David Gunby & Pelham Temple, page 86
2.AIR81/9242
3.CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Oct-2025 16:17 | MMR | Added |
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