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| Date: | Friday 3 January 1941 |
| Time: | 07:50 |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 45 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L8479 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Mediterranean Sea, 10 miles of Gazala -
 Libya
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Shot down while returning from raid on Gazala, by CR.42 flown by Sergente Maresciallo Mario Veronesi.
Crew:
F/O (41016) Peter James Bingham Griffiths (pilot) RAF - missing believed killed - Alamein Memorial Column 241
Sgt (747976) Arthur Charles Tadhunter (obs) RAFVR - missing believed killed - Alamein Memorial Column 244
Sgt (612284) Colin Blackshaw (Wop/AG) RAF - missing believed killed - Alamein Memorial Column 242
Sources:
1.Air Britain RAF Aircraft L1000 - N9999
2.AIR81/4790
3.Bomber Command Losses In the Middle East and Med. (Volume 1: 1939-1942) David Gunby & Pelham Temple, page 38
4.CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Oct-2009 11:03 | JINX | Added |
| 18-Jan-2012 02:17 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Jul-2013 05:34 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Dec-2014 06:27 | Glock G19 | Updated [Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Oct-2018 18:42 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 06-Sep-2025 16:09 | MMR | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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