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| Date: | Sunday 29 December 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Bristol Blenheim Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 30 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K7104 |
| MSN: | L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sea off Valona -
Albania
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Eleusis airfield, Greece. |
| Destination airport: | Eleusis airfield |
Narrative:Blenheim K7104: Shot down while on recon of Valona by Serg Zoli, in a G.50 of 154 Gruppo CT. 29/12/1940
Also quoted as being downed by CR.42s. Two crewmembers were seen to bail out.
Crew:
F/Lt (37934) Harry Duncan CARD (pilot) RAF- missing believed killed - Alamein Memorial Column 239
Sgt (564298) Frederick PEASE (obs) RAF - missing believed killed - Alamein Memorial Column 240
Sgt (532192) Graham Edgar BYGRAVE (Wop/AG) RAF - missing believed killed - Alamein Memorial Column 239
Sources:
Air Britain The K File The RAF of the 1930s
Blenheim production list
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses In the Middle East and Med. (Volume 1: 1939-1942) David Gunby & Pelham Temple, page 36
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
| 04-Oct-2009 21:06 |
JINX |
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| 30-Sep-2012 01:07 |
NorthChannel |
Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 29-Jan-2014 14:14 |
Anon. |
Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 15-Dec-2014 17:45 |
Jixon |
Updated [Operator, Phase, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Oct-2018 05:00 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 25-Aug-2024 11:35 |
Nepa |
Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 06-Sep-2025 15:53 |
MMR |
Updated [Cn, Source, Narrative, ] |