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| Date: | Wednesday 28 May 1941 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 211 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | V5818 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Aleppo. -
 Syria
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| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Aqir, Palestine |
Blenheim V5818: Took off at 07:30hrs for a reconnaissance of Vichy French airfields in Syria. 28/05/1941
The aircraft failed to return from operational flight over Aleppo, Syria.
It was later learned the crew had been killed, shot down near Aleppo.
Crew:
Sgt (745061) Douglas Victor (Doug) DAVIS (Pilot) RAF: killed
Sgt (518358) Leslie Edward STALDER (Obs.) RAF: killed
F/Sgt (751905) Henry TRENHOLM (WOp/AG) RAF: killed
Sources:
1.AIR81/6685
2.RAF Aquir ORB
3.ORB 211 Sqdn RAF
4.CWGC
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