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Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Le Mesge: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jun 8, 1940 at 1100 LT
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Registration:
L9023
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Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Bodney - Bodney
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Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
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Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances near Le Mesge while engaged in a bombing mission over German armor. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Hugh Diarmid Sherbrooke Dunford-Wood, pilot,
Sgt Edwin Jones, observer,
Sgt Donald Robert Charles MacLagan, wireless operator and air gunner.