Loss Register
Day or Night of operation | Operation | Target | Nickname Aircraft | |||||
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31 Oct/1 Nov 41 | Anti-shipping | Frisian Islands | ||||||
Factory | Aircraft | Mk | Serial/Wnr. | Code | Unit | Air Force | TO/t | Airfield |
Bristol | Blenheim | IV | V5537 | MK-M | 500 Sqdn | RAF | Bircham Newton |
Time | Cause of the Crash | Crash Location | Damage | Province |
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2350 | Crashed into IJsselmeer 6 km w of Lemmer | IJsselmeer |
Function | Mil Rank | Ini | Name | Age | Mil reg | Air Force | Fate | Cemetery | Grave | Remarks |
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Pilot | S/Ldr. | F.C. | Phipps | 27 | 36093 | RAF | MIA | Runnymede Memorial | 28 | |
Observer | Sgt. | T.P. | Mowan | 21 | 921870 | RAF | MIA | Runnymede Memorial | 49 | |
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner | Sgt. | A.A. | Miles | 21 | 912232 | RAF | MIA | Runnymede Memorial | 48 |
Wartime Records | Background Info |
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Operations Record Book | McNeill, ‘Coastal Command Losses 1939-1941’, page 160; Boiten, 'Blenheim Strike', page 282 |
Version April, 2022