Date:	Friday 10 January 1941
Time:
Type:	Bristol Blenheim Mk I
Owner/operator:	84 Sqn RAF
Registration:	L8501
MSN:	VA-P
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Araxos -   Greece
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Mendi /Tatoi airfield
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Blenheim L8501 (VA-P): Written off (destroyed) when lost from combat operations on 10/01/1941
Blenheim L8501: Took off from Mendi/Tatoi at 10:35 hrs. One of 8 Blenheims detailed to attack troop concentrations on the Kelcyre-Berat Road Albania. Ran out of fuel and crashed landed at Araxos.
Presumed lost during the evacuation of Greece.
Crew:
P/O GOUDGE (pilot) RAF Ok
Sgt CROKER (obs) RAF Ok
Sgt WRIGHT (WOp/AG) RAF Ok

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-L9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1978)
2. Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses in the Middle East and Mediterranean Vol 1 1939-1942.
3. http://aviationarchaeology.gr/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Bristol-Blenheim-losses-in-Greece-1940-1941.pdf
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Araxos#Araxos_Air_Base

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
23-Oct-2009 12:14	JINX	Added
21-Jan-2012 08:05	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Source, ]
06-Jul-2013 05:44	JINX	Updated [Operator, Source, ]
15-Dec-2014 15:42	Jixon	Updated [Operator, ]
18-Mar-2016 19:08	Red Dragon	Updated [Registration, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
09-Oct-2018 19:12	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator, ]
25-Sep-2019 17:51	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative, ]
11-Oct-2024 22:01	Nepa	Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator, ]
12-Oct-2024 10:10	Nepa	Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator, ]