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| Date: | Thursday 17 December 1942 |
| Time: | 17:50 |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 614 (County of Glamorgan) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BA732 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Canrobert airfield, 4 km southeast of Constantine. -
 Algeria
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| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Canrobert, Algeria |
Blenheim BA732: Took off at 17:50 hrs for Operation over Tunis airfield or Bizerta Docks.17/12/1942
On December 17.1942, he was tasked with an attack on Tunis, but a tyre burst at the start in Bizerta and the aircraft swung and the undercarriage collapsed. DBF.
Crew:
S/Ldr (33544) Peter de Lacey Le CHEMINANT DFC (pilot) RAF: Ok
F/O ???? W SERVICE (Obs.) RAF: Ok
P/O (130.793) James William RYDER (WOp/AG) RAF: Ok
Sources:
1.Blenheim production list
2.ORB 614 Sqdn RAF
3.CWGC
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