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Bristol Blenheim

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3602838)
Bristol 142M Blenheim Mk.V, RAF (Serial No. DJ702).

The Bristol Blenheim is a British light bomber aircraft designed and built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company (Bristol) which was used extensively in the first two years and in some cases throughout the Second World War. The aircraft was developed as Type 142, a civil airliner, in response to a challenge from Lord Rothermere to produce the fastest commercial aircraft in Europe. The Type 142 first flew in April 1935, and the Air Ministry, impressed by its performance, ordered a modified design as the Type 142M for the Royal Air Force (RAF) as a bomber. Deliveries of the newly named Blenheim to RAF squadrons commenced on 10 March 1937. Wikipedia

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last update: 2021-10-05 20:09:43

Blenheim 9890

s/n
 9890

Known Squadron Assignments: ;7


last update: 2024-November-21

Blenheim 10015

s/n
 10015

Known Squadron Assignments: ;6


last update: 2024-November-21
1943-October-07 KIFA RCAF Leading Aircraftman Leo Frederick Smith 2022-11-01

Blenheim AZ885

s/n
 AZ885

Known Squadron Assignments: ;1


last update: 2024-November-21
1943-February-14 KIFA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Byron Leslie Sweeny 2023-07-22

Blenheim AZ930

s/n
 AZ930

Known Squadron Assignments: ;178


last update: 2024-November-21
1944-May-05 KIA RCAF Flying Officer William Jack Allingham 2024-11-02

Blenheim AZ993

s/n
 AZ993

Known Squadron Assignments: ;12


last update: 2024-November-21
1945-January-05 KIFA RCAF Flying Officer George Gordon McGolrick 2021-09-17

Blenheim AZ998

s/n
 AZ998

Known Squadron Assignments: ;244


last update: 2024-November-21
1943-June-08 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 1st Class John Evans Cosford 2024-04-24

Blenheim BA107

s/n
 BA107

Known Squadron Assignments: ;132


last update: 2024-November-21
1943-March-14 KIFA RCAF Flying Officer Newman Blackburn Burt 2021-09-07

Blenheim BA235

s/n
 BA235

Known Squadron Assignments: ;132


last update: 2024-November-21
1943-January-03 KIFA RCAF Pilot Officer William Osborne Maclean 2021-08-17

Blenheim BA243

s/n
 BA243

Known Squadron Assignments: ;70


last update: 2024-November-21
1943-January-06 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Francis Herbert Carr 2024-01-07

Blenheim BA446

s/n
 BA446

Known Squadron Assignments: ;1


last update: 2024-November-21
unkown date PoW RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Herbert Cecil Langton 2021-03-15

Blenheim BA542

s/n
 BA542

Known Squadron Assignments: ;1


last update: 2024-November-21
1942-July-16 KIFA RCAF Sergeant George Edward Price 2023-09-07
1942-July-16 KIFA RAF Sergeant Gerald Aloysius Russell 2021-08-05

Blenheim BA731

s/n
 BA731

Known Squadron Assignments: ;614


last update: 2024-November-21
1943-January-07 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Raymond Marsden 2021-08-15

Blenheim BA785

s/n
 BA785

Known Squadron Assignments: ;13


last update: 2024-November-21
1942-December-18 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Hugh Macdonald Martin 2021-08-15
1942-December-18 KIA RCAF Sergeant John Victor Welsh 2022-01-02

Blenheim BA791

s/n
 BA791

Known Squadron Assignments: ;114


last update: 2024-November-21
1942-December-05 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Robert Gordon Baikie 2024-11-04

Blenheim BA800

s/n
 BA800

Known Squadron Assignments: ;18


last update: 2024-November-21
1942-December-04 KIA RAF Flight Lieutenant Andrew Breakey 2024-11-17

Blenheim BA806

s/n
 BA806

Known Squadron Assignments: ;13


last update: 2024-November-21
1943-March-20 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Lorne Oliver Armstrong 2024-11-03

Blenheim BA807

s/n
 BA807

Known Squadron Assignments: ;1


last update: 2024-November-21
1942-November-17 Interned RCAF Flying Officer Douglas Gordon Fraser 2022-01-30
1942-November-17 Interned RAF W D Lloyd 2021-07-08
1942-November-17 Interned RAF H S Machon 2021-07-08

Blenheim BA872

s/n
 BA872

Known Squadron Assignments: ;614


last update: 2024-November-21
1942-December-02 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 1st Class George Thomas Campbell 2023-12-12

Blenheim BA916

s/n
 BA916

Known Squadron Assignments: ;133


last update: 2024-November-21
1943-June-06 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 1st Class Leslie Ward 2023-07-15

Blenheim EH318

s/n
 EH318

Known Squadron Assignments: ;18


last update: 2024-November-21
1943-March-30 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class James Anderson Mayne 2023-08-06

Blenheim K7072

s/n
 K7072
inst
 A 297
m/d
 Type 142M

Known Squadron Assignments:

To Canada c.1939 or 1940 for use in joint UK/Canada investigations into aircraft icing. Found to be totally unsuitable for this mission. Later taken on strength by RCAF. With the Test and Development Establishment at RCAF Station Rockcliffe, Ontario, from 15 February 1941. To Fairchild Aircraft Canada on 12 June 1941 for modifications, back to Rockcliffe on 18 July 1941. To stored reserve at Rockcliffe on 20 October 1941. To No. 3 Training Command, still in storage, on 1 November 1941. Classified as Instructional Airframe A 297 on 1 June 1943. With No. 1 Wireless School at Mount Hope, Ontario from 28 August 1944. To No. 1 Air Command on 15 January 1945. Had been RCAF K7072. NOTE: no record that the RCAF ever officially referred to this aircraft as a Bolingbroke.
last update: 2024-September-22
   1941-February-15 Taken on Strength Eastern Air Command 2019-08-20
   1943-June-01 Classified Instructional CA A 297 2020-06-12
   1945-July-20 Struck off Strength struck off at No. 1 Wireless School 2019-08-20
📙 JA Griffin (2005:Smith, Castle): 1968 485 | 1968 499

Blenheim K7104

s/n
 K7104
m/d
 142M

Known Squadron Assignments: ;30


last update: 2024-November-21
1940-December-29 KIA RAF Flight Lieutenant Harry Duncan Card 2024-01-04

Blenheim L1104

s/n
 L1104
m/d
 Type 142M

Known Squadron Assignments: ;62


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-February-04 KIA RAF Flight Lieutenant Robert Fred Halliwell 2023-07-19

Blenheim L1303

s/n
 L1303
m/d
 Type 142M

Known Squadron Assignments: ;17


last update: 2024-November-21
1942-January-15 KIFA RCAF Flight Sergeant Sydney Stephen Lang 2021-08-13

Blenheim L1330

s/n
 L1330
m/d
 Type 142M

Known Squadron Assignments: ;29


last update: 2024-November-21

Blenheim L1401

s/n
 L1401
m/d
 Type 142M

Known Squadron Assignments: ;600


last update: 2024-November-21
1940-May-13 KIA RAF Flying Officer Robert Wyatt Echlin 2021-05-16

Blenheim L1415

s/n
 L1415
m/d
 Type 142M

Known Squadron Assignments: ;18


last update: 2024-November-21
1939-October-30 KIA RAF Flying Officer Denis Fred Elliot 2024-05-06

Blenheim L1495

s/n
 L1495
m/d
 Type 142M

Known Squadron Assignments: ;6


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-June-03 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer George Elmer Douglas 2024-10-28

Blenheim L4829

s/n
 L4829

Known Squadron Assignments: ;60


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-December-08 KIA RAF Flight Sergeant Robert Joseph Henry Pyle 2021-08-11

Blenheim L4833

s/n
 L4833

Known Squadron Assignments: ;84


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-February-05 KIA RAF Flight Lieutenant Robert Addison Towgood 2023-07-16

Blenheim L4851

s/n
 L4851

Known Squadron Assignments: ;6


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-July-01 KIFA RCAF Sergeant Clifford Lowell Vance 2021-07-13

Blenheim L4894

s/n
 L4894

Known Squadron Assignments: ;17


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-December-06 KIFA RCAF Pilot Officer Charles Herman Woodworth 2021-07-06

Blenheim L4913

s/n
 L4913

Known Squadron Assignments: 60


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-December-08 PoW Japan RAF Flight Lieutenant William Ellis Bowden 2023-01-29

Blenheim L6623

s/n
 L6623

Known Squadron Assignments: ;51


last update: 2024-November-21
1942-August-19 KIFA RCAF Flight Sergeant Ross Mackenzie Gilmour 2021-09-27

Blenheim L6632

s/n
 L6632

Known Squadron Assignments: ;27


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-June-28 KIA RAF Sergeant Howard Wallace Spratt 2023-07-21

Blenheim L6767

s/n
 L6767

Known Squadron Assignments: ;13


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-July-16 KIFA RCAF Sergeant Frank Lees Turner 2021-07-14

Blenheim L6793

s/n
 L6793

Known Squadron Assignments: ;13


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-September-13 KIFA RCAF Sergeant Donald Alexander Neal 2022-01-03

Blenheim L6795

s/n
 L6795

Known Squadron Assignments: ;2


last update: 2024-November-21
1942-April-04 KIFA RCAF Flight Sergeant William Thomas Braun 2024-11-17

Blenheim L8365

s/n
 L8365

Known Squadron Assignments: ;34


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-July-15 KIA RAF Flight Lieutenant Basil Geoffrey Haylock 2023-08-01

Blenheim L8452

s/n
 L8452

Known Squadron Assignments: ;45


last update: 2024-November-21
1940-October-02 KIA RAF Squadron Leader John Walter Dallamore 2024-08-27

Blenheim L8522

s/n
 L8522

Known Squadron Assignments: ;113


last update: 2024-November-21
1940-June-24 KIA RAF Leading Aircraftman James Patrick Toner 2021-07-17

Blenheim L8691

s/n
 L8691

Known Squadron Assignments: ;141


last update: 2024-November-21
1939-December-01 KIA RAF Pilot Officer Horace George Yelland 2021-05-30

Blenheim L8718

s/n
 L8718

Known Squadron Assignments: ;17


last update: 2024-November-21
1943-January-29 KIFA RCAF Flight Sergeant Albert Ardagh Mitchell 2021-08-16

Blenheim L8746

s/n
 L8746

Known Squadron Assignments: ;21


last update: 2024-November-21
1940-June-11 PoW RAF Flight Lieutenant Don MacDonald 2022-11-15

Blenheim L8747

s/n
 L8747

Known Squadron Assignments: ;107


last update: 2024-November-21
1940-March-27 KIA RAF Sergeant George Herbert Stiles 2021-07-22

Blenheim L8755

s/n
 L8755

Known Squadron Assignments: ;13


last update: 2024-November-21
1942-May-06 KIFA RCAF Flight Sergeant Thomas Alvin Crawford 2024-05-14

Blenheim L8797

s/n
 L8797

Known Squadron Assignments: ;17


last update: 2024-November-21
1940-September-23 KIFA RAF Flight Lieutenant Robert George Coventry 2024-05-06

Blenheim L9020

s/n
 L9020

Known Squadron Assignments: ;88


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-October-20 KIFA RCAF Flight Sergeant Bernard Fullerton 2021-08-06
1941-October-20 KIFA RCAF Sergeant Ian Alistair MacDonald 2021-09-23

Blenheim L9175

s/n
 L9175

Known Squadron Assignments: ;110


last update: 2024-November-21
1940-May-11 KIA RAF Flying Officer Gordon Reginald Grattan 2022-01-29

Blenheim L9206

s/n
 L9206

Known Squadron Assignments: ;13


last update: 2024-November-21
1942-May-02 KIFA RCAF Flight Sergeant James Roslyn Young 2021-05-29

Blenheim L9207

s/n
 L9207

Known Squadron Assignments: ;40


last update: 2024-November-21
1940-April-14 KIFA RAF Leading Aircraftman James Frederick Byng Lewis 2021-08-13

Blenheim L9210

s/n
 L9210

Known Squadron Assignments: ;82


last update: 2024-November-21
1940-May-17 KIA RAF Pilot Officer James Joe Grierson 2023-09-12

Blenheim L9240

s/n
 L9240

Known Squadron Assignments: ;18


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-July-30 PoW RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class John MacKinson Jarrell 2021-04-16

Blenheim L9245

s/n
 L9245

Known Squadron Assignments: ;57


last update: 2024-November-21
1940-May-16 KIA RAF Leading Aircraftman Leslie Frederick Jordan 2021-08-11

Blenheim L9264

s/n
 L9264

Known Squadron Assignments: ;218


last update: 2024-November-21
1940-August-18 KIA RAF Pilot Officer William Brian Wheelwright 2021-07-09

Blenheim L9337

s/n
 L9337

Known Squadron Assignments: ;404

Used by No. 404 (CF) Squadron, RCAF, coded "EE*Q". Failed to return from a mission off the Norwegian coast on 5 November 1941.
last update: 2024-September-22
1941-November-05 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant James Garfield Mackay 2021-08-16

Blenheim L9382

s/n
 L9382

Known Squadron Assignments: ;114


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-October-15 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer William Howard Davidson 2024-09-15

Blenheim L9383

s/n
 L9383

Known Squadron Assignments: ;13


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-December-10 KIFA RCAF Flight Sergeant George Howard Schrader 2021-08-04

Blenheim L9385

s/n
 L9385

Known Squadron Assignments: ;45


last update: 2024-November-21
1940-March-16 KIFA RAF Leading Aircraftman Edward Vincent Morgan 2021-08-16

Blenheim L9394

s/n
 L9394

Known Squadron Assignments: ;404


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-September-02 KIFA RCAF Sergeant William Edward Dale 2024-08-27

Blenheim L9395

s/n
 L9395

Known Squadron Assignments: ;235


last update: 2024-November-21
1940-May-18 KIA RAF Pilot Officer Curran Smiley Robinson 2021-08-08

Blenheim L9413

s/n
 L9413

Known Squadron Assignments: ;139


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-May-18 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Arthur Mitchell Saunders 2021-10-01

Blenheim L9455

s/n
 L9455

Known Squadron Assignments: ;248


last update: 2024-November-21
1940-May-20 KIA RAF Pilot Officer Simon George Tatar 2021-07-20

Blenheim N3552

s/n
 N3552

Known Squadron Assignments: ;101


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-April-03 KIA RAF Flying Officer William Johnston Fenton 2021-08-06

Blenheim N3555

s/n
 N3555

Known Squadron Assignments: ;2


last update: 2024-November-21
1940-July-06 KIA RAF Pilot Officer George Robert Lambert 2021-08-13

Blenheim N3564

s/n
 N3564

Known Squadron Assignments: ;21


last update: 2024-November-21
1940-September-16 KIFA RAF Pilot Officer Arthur Frederick Copithorne Carson 2024-01-09

Blenheim N3567

s/n
 N3567

Known Squadron Assignments: ;42


last update: 2024-November-21
1942-November-07 KIFA RAFVR Leading Aircraftman Thomas Ezra Clarke 2024-02-29

Blenheim N3578

s/n
 N3578

Known Squadron Assignments: ;82


last update: 2024-November-21
1940-December-04 KIA RAF Flying Officer Thomas James McCartney 2023-07-14

Blenheim N3583

s/n
 N3583

Known Squadron Assignments: ;57


last update: 2024-November-21
1940-September-02 KIA RAF Flying Officer Arthur Cecil Denison 2024-10-12

Blenheim N3596

s/n
 N3596

Known Squadron Assignments: ;2


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-November-27 KIFA RCAF Sergeant Clement Percival McLellan 2021-08-17

Blenheim N3627

s/n
 N3627

Known Squadron Assignments: ;139


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-August-08 KIA RAF Sergeant James Pierson Shaw 2021-04-20

Blenheim N6180

s/n
 N6180

Known Squadron Assignments: ;107


last update: 2024-November-21
1939-August-07 KIFA RAF Leading Aircraftsman Leslie Phillips 2021-05-21

Blenheim N6183

s/n
 N6183

Known Squadron Assignments: ;11


last update: 2024-November-21
1943-July-09 KIA RAF Sergeant Gordon Rowan 2021-03-07

Blenheim N6210

s/n
 N6210

Known Squadron Assignments: ;110


last update: 2024-November-21
1940-May-14 KIA RAF Pilot Officer Stephen Gregory Rose 2021-08-06

Blenheim N6228

s/n
 N6228

Known Squadron Assignments: ;13


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-May-03 KIFA RAF Sergeant Donald Allen Benjamin Statton 2023-07-14

Blenheim N6238

s/n
 N6238

Known Squadron Assignments: ;101


last update: 2024-November-21
1940-November-25 KIA RAF Flying Officer Stanley Alfred Waugh 2021-07-10

Blenheim N6240

s/n
 N6240

Known Squadron Assignments: ;107


last update: 2024-November-21

Bombing Wilhelmshaven Germany 1939-09-03 to 1939-09-04

107 (B) Sqn (RAF) Wattisham
After an early Blenheim reconnaissance, 15 Blenheims and 14 Wellingtons were dispatched to bomb German warships. 5 planes from each force failed to find targets in low-cloud conditions. Most of the remaining Blenheims carried out low-level attacks on the pocket battleship Admiral Scheer and on the cruiser Emden in Wil- helmshaven harbour. At least 3 bombs hit the Admiral Scheer but they failed to explode; the Emden was damaged and suffered some casualties when a Blenheim crashed on to it. 5 Blenheims were shot down, all or most by anti-aircraft (Flak) fire; 107 Squadron lost 4 of its 5 planes on the raid. The first Bomber Command casualties of the war are believed to have been Flight Lieutenant W. F. Barton and his crew - Flying Officer J F Ross, navigator, and Corporal J L Ricketts, wireless operator/gunner - of 107 Squadron, all killed when Blenheim N6184 was shot down by anti-aircraft gunfire of the Admiral Hipper. Little is known of the Wellington attacks on ships at Brunsbuttel in the mouth of the Kiel Canal. 4 crews reported that they had found targets to bomb. Owing to navigation error, 2 bombs were dropped on the Danish town of Esbjerg, 110 miles north of Brunsbuttel, and 2 people were killed there. Some of the Wellingtons were attacked by German fighters and 2 Wellingtons were lost. Total effort for the day: 30 sorties, 7 aircraft (23.3 per cent) lost. The Bomber Command War Diaries, Middlebrook and Everitt

1939-September-04 KIA RAF Sergeant Albert Stanley Prince 2022-12-20

Blenheim P4826

s/n
 P4826

Known Squadron Assignments: ;139


last update: 2024-November-21
1940-May-12 KIA RAF Leading Aircraftman Charles Colby Child 2024-02-14
1940-May-12 KIA RAF Sergeant Joseph Belk Keegan 2022-05-27
1940-May-12 KIA RAF Flight Lieutenant Andrew Wynard Lee 2022-05-27

Blenheim P4845

s/n
 P4845

Known Squadron Assignments: ;404

Used by No. 404 (CF) Squadron, RCAF, coded "EE*D".
last update: 2024-September-22
1941-November-15 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer John George Dunlop 2024-10-29

Blenheim P4856

s/n
 P4856

Known Squadron Assignments: ;13


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-December-26 KIFA RCAF Sergeant William Ferguson Boggs 2024-11-14

Blenheim R2791

s/n
 R2791

Known Squadron Assignments: ;139


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-May-25 KIA RCAF Sergeant George Allan Bye 2023-09-16

Blenheim R3620

s/n
 R3620

Known Squadron Assignments: ;12


last update: 2024-November-21
1942-June-02 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Patrick Bernard L'Hirondelle 2021-08-13

Blenheim R3662

s/n
 R3662

Known Squadron Assignments: 18


last update: 2024-November-21
1940-July-06 PoW RAF Flight Lieutenant Barry Anderson Davidson 2024-09-04

Blenheim R3666

s/n
 R3666

Known Squadron Assignments: 18


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-July-23 KIA RCAF Sergeant William Matthie Gillam Dunham 2024-10-29

Blenheim R3745

s/n
 R3745

Known Squadron Assignments: ;13


last update: 2024-November-21
1940-June-14 PoW RAF Warrant Officer William Henry Eden 2021-05-16

Blenheim R3805

s/n
 R3805

Known Squadron Assignments: ;13


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-July-17 KIFA RCAF Sergeant Dominic Joseph Calderone 2021-05-12

Blenheim R3821

s/n
 R3821

Known Squadron Assignments: ;82


last update: 2024-November-21
1940-August-13 KIA RAF Pilot Officer Earl Robert Hale 2024-02-29

Blenheim R3823

s/n
 R3823

Known Squadron Assignments: 107


last update: 2024-November-21
1940-June-30 KIA RAF Pilot Officer Richard Henry Montague Bennett MiD 2024-11-11

Blenheim R3836

s/n
 R3836

Known Squadron Assignments: ;53


last update: 2024-November-21
1940-July-25 KIA RAF Sergeant Harry Walter Hunt 2021-10-02

Blenheim R3843

s/n
 R3843

Known Squadron Assignments: 18


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-September-20 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant John Murray Nickleson 2021-09-29

Blenheim R3875

s/n
 R3875

Known Squadron Assignments: ;17


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-September-07 KIFA RCAF Sergeant Bruce Adams Coukell 2024-05-01

Blenheim R3882

s/n
 R3882

Known Squadron Assignments: ;57


last update: 2024-November-21
1940-September-04 KIA RAF Pilot Officer George Royal Holyoke 2021-08-10

Blenheim R3895

s/n
 R3895

Known Squadron Assignments: 114


last update: 2024-November-21
1940-July-31 PoW RAF Flight Lieutenant James Bertram Patrick Hanlon 2021-04-20

Blenheim T1794

s/n
 T1794

Known Squadron Assignments: ;139


last update: 2024-November-21
1940-August-29 KIA RAF Sergeant Percival Matthew Davidson 2024-09-14

Blenheim T1811

s/n
 T1811

Known Squadron Assignments: ;236


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-September-10 KIA RCAF Sergeant Andrew Kenneth Maclean 2021-08-17

Blenheim T1816

s/n
 T1816

Known Squadron Assignments: ;53


last update: 2024-November-21
1940-August-11 KIA RAF Flying Officer George Malcolm Bardolph 2024-11-07

Blenheim T1892

s/n
 T1892

Known Squadron Assignments: ;105


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-March-22 KIA RAF Flying Officer John Olaf Mair 2021-08-14

Blenheim T1922

s/n
 T1922

Known Squadron Assignments: ;114


last update: 2024-November-21
1942-February-12 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Robert Elmer Drysdale 2024-10-29

Blenheim T1946

s/n
 T1946

Known Squadron Assignments: ;404

With No. 404 Squadron, RCAF when lost in October or November 1941. Mid-air with Blenheim Z6339 of same unit, both came down in Shetland Islands. Different dates reported in different sources.
last update: 2024-September-22
1941-November-01 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Robert Frederick Leighton 2022-01-06

Blenheim T1949

s/n
 T1949

Known Squadron Assignments: ;404

Used by No. 404 (CF) Squadron, RCAF, coded "EE*D". Still with this unit when it crashed on take off for a training flight from R.A.F. Station Sumburgh, Shetland Islands on 6 October 1942. 3 fatalities.
last update: 2024-September-22
1942-October-06 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer John Howard Patterson 2021-08-18

Blenheim T1992

s/n
 T1992

Known Squadron Assignments: ;53


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-February-04 KIA RAF Sergeant Richard Herbert Trafford 2021-06-03

Blenheim T2061

s/n
 T2061

Known Squadron Assignments: ;14


last update: 2024-November-21
1940-September-21 KIA RAF Sergeant James Linklater Birnie Cheyne 2024-02-14

Blenheim T2123

s/n
 T2123

Known Squadron Assignments: ;6


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-July-12 KIFA RCAF Sergeant George Andre Joseph Richard 2021-08-09

Blenheim T2245

s/n
 T2245

Known Squadron Assignments: ;113


last update: 2024-November-21
1942-August-18 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Stanley Arthur Goss 2023-07-18

Blenheim T2276

s/n
 T2276

Known Squadron Assignments: ;114


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-April-18 KIA RAF Flight Lieutenant Thomas Herbert Myers 2021-04-26

Blenheim T2394

s/n
 T2394

Known Squadron Assignments: ;84


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-December-20 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Charles Harold Bumstead 2023-07-19

Blenheim T2443

s/n
 T2443

Known Squadron Assignments: ;2


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-March-18 KIFA RCAF Pilot Officer Ion Hugh Acland 2024-11-01

Blenheim V5384

s/n
 V5384

Known Squadron Assignments: ;17


last update: 2024-November-21
1942-May-13 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Harry George Zavadowsky 2021-05-30

Blenheim V5433

s/n
 V5433

Known Squadron Assignments: ;404

Used by No. 404 (CF) Squadron, RCAF, coded "EE*F".
last update: 2024-September-22
1942-February-21 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Charles Douglas Grant Brown 2024-11-21
1942-February-21 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant James Henry Oliver 2021-09-29

Blenheim V5490

s/n
 V5490

Known Squadron Assignments: 114


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-September-22 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Fred Harvey Brown 2024-11-21

Blenheim V5492

s/n
 V5492

Known Squadron Assignments: ;132


last update: 2024-November-21
1943-June-17 KIFA RCAF Flying Officer Charles Philip Jr Meredith 2021-05-24

Blenheim V5572

s/n
 V5572

Known Squadron Assignments: ;42


last update: 2024-November-21
1942-March-30 KIFA RCAF Pilot Officer Alastair Fraser McTavish 2022-01-05

Blenheim V5576

s/n
 V5576

Known Squadron Assignments: ;70


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-December-18 KIA RAF Flying Officer Alex Thomas Darling 2024-09-04

Blenheim V5593

s/n
 V5593

Known Squadron Assignments: ;14


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-April-27 KIA RAF Flying Officer John Bruno Lecavilier 2021-03-20

Blenheim V5720

s/n
 V5720

Known Squadron Assignments: ;42


last update: 2024-November-21
1942-April-08 KIFA RCAF Pilot Officer Leslie Bramah Sceales 2021-08-04
1942-April-08 KIFA RCAF Flight Sergeant William James Stevenson 2022-01-18

Blenheim V5725

s/n
 V5725

Known Squadron Assignments: 139


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-August-12 KIA RCAF Sergeant Harry Ingleby 2021-08-11

Blenheim V5728

s/n
 V5728

Known Squadron Assignments: 236


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-October-24 KIA RCAF Sergeant Douglas Albert Woodman 2023-07-19

Blenheim V5759

s/n
 V5759

Known Squadron Assignments: ;2


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-September-14 KIFA RCAF Sergeant John Bowman Spero 2021-07-23
1941-September-14 KIFA RCAF Sergeant John Rodger Talbot 2021-07-20

Blenheim V5762

s/n
 V5762

Known Squadron Assignments: 42 OTU


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-October-07 KIFA RAF Pilot Officer Douglas Blundell Alan-Williams 2024-11-01

Blenheim V5765

s/n
 V5765

Known Squadron Assignments: 404


last update: 2024-November-21
1942-June-16 KIA RCAF Sergeant Douglas William Campbell 2023-12-11
1942-June-16 KIA RCAF Sergeant James Irvine Mair 2021-08-14

Blenheim V5851

s/n
 V5851

Known Squadron Assignments: 21


last update: 2024-November-21
1942-July-07 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Frank Brown Graham Heron 2022-11-14
1942-July-07 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant George Douglas Maluish 2021-08-14

Blenheim V5875

s/n
 V5875

Known Squadron Assignments: 114


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-October-15 KIA RCAF Sergeant Howard Lee Elliott 2022-01-31

Blenheim V5933

s/n
 V5933

Known Squadron Assignments: 53


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-June-11 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Norman Duncan Maclennan 2021-09-23

Blenheim V5945

s/n
 V5945

Known Squadron Assignments: ;52


last update: 2024-November-21
1942-November-02 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class William Ernest Whittingham 2023-07-19

Blenheim V5954

s/n
 V5954

Known Squadron Assignments: 14


last update: 2024-November-21
1942-March-07 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant William Valentine Howey 2023-09-03

Blenheim V6060

s/n
 V6060

Known Squadron Assignments: 18


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-November-19 KIA RCAF Sergeant Chester Douglas Newsome 2021-08-17

Blenheim V6146

s/n
 V6146

Known Squadron Assignments: 82


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-October-21 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Henry Hodsmyth Pibus 2021-08-14

Blenheim V6171

s/n
 V6171

Known Squadron Assignments: 500


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-October-10 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Robert Carlson Roberts 2021-08-08

Blenheim V6239

s/n
 V6239

Known Squadron Assignments: 139


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-June-02 KIA RCAF Sergeant Frank Boroski 2024-11-14

Blenheim V6249

s/n
 V6249

Known Squadron Assignments: 139


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-October-15 KIA RCAF Sergeant William Paterson Thom 2021-10-02

Blenheim V6255

s/n
 V6255

Known Squadron Assignments: ;2


last update: 2024-November-21
1942-August-07 KIFA RCAF Sergeant Archie William Lefurgey 2021-08-13

Blenheim V6264

s/n
 V6264

Known Squadron Assignments: 114


last update: 2024-November-21

Ferry Flight Leeuwarden Netherlands 1942-07-25 to 1942-07-26

114 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF West Raynham

Intruder

114 Hong Kong Squadron (With Speed I Strike) RAF West Raynham. Blenheim IV aircraft V 6264 RT-X missing from an Intruder mission to Leewarden airfield Holland, lost without a trace

FS RA Smith (RCAF), FS PG Leslie (RCAF) and Warrant Officer Class 1 EE Warnick (RCAF) were all missing, presumed killed in action

The missing have no known grave and are all commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial

Addendum: 114 Hong Kong Squadron not Hong Cong Squadron. Correction provided by AE Barnard, Burlington, Ont

General Blenheim IV V6264 [Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database]...


1942-July-26 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Percy Gartshore Leslie 2022-10-17
1942-July-26 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Robert Ainslie Smith 2022-10-17
1942-July-26 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer Class I Eugene Edward Warnick 2022-10-17

Blenheim V6266

s/n
 V6266

Known Squadron Assignments: 139


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-July-30 KIA RCAF Sergeant George Raymond Menish 2021-08-16

Blenheim V6321

s/n
 V6321

Known Squadron Assignments: 21


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-July-23 KIA RCAF Sergeant Henry Percival Hartridge 2022-10-22

Blenheim V6380

s/n
 V6380

Known Squadron Assignments: 88


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-September-18 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Robert Melville Burlinson 2021-07-28

Blenheim V6391

s/n
 V6391

Known Squadron Assignments: ;114


last update: 2024-November-21
1942-January-14 KIA RAF Flying Officer Fred Walter Ollis Street-Porter 2021-07-22

Blenheim V6436

s/n
 V6436

Known Squadron Assignments: 21


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-August-28 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Frank Kerr Orme 2021-09-29

Blenheim V6448

s/n
 V6448

Known Squadron Assignments: 110


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-December-27 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer David Montgomery Jenkinson 2021-08-11
1941-December-27 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Roderick James McLachlan 2021-08-17

Blenheim V6454

s/n
 V6454

Known Squadron Assignments: 82


last update: 2024-November-21
1942-February-16 KIA RAF Sergeant John Milroy Ambler 2024-11-02

Blenheim V6491

s/n
 V6491

Known Squadron Assignments: 113


last update: 2024-November-21
1942-November-10 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2 Conan Thompson Allen 2024-11-02

Blenheim V6492

s/n
 V6492

Known Squadron Assignments: 18


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-November-19 KIA RCAF Sergeant Harold Macaulay 2021-08-16

Blenheim V6497

s/n
 V6497

Known Squadron Assignments: 18


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-August-12 PoW RCAF Squadron Leader Adam Francis Hirst Mills 2023-09-17

Blenheim V6524

s/n
 V6524

Known Squadron Assignments: 82


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-July-12 KIA RCAF Sergeant John Norman Hallam 2021-08-09

Blenheim Z5733

s/n
 Z5733
m/d
 142L

Known Squadron Assignments: ;272


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-March-10 KIA RAF Sergeant Peter George Victor Chanler 2024-07-02

Blenheim Z5753

s/n
 Z5753
m/d
 142L

Known Squadron Assignments: ;404

Used by No. 404 (CF) Squadron, RCAF, coded "EE*T". Scored this unit's first air to air kill on 18 December 1941 - a Ju 88 brought down by W/C Woodruff and Flight Sergeant I. R. Sims. Operating from Sumburgh, Shetland Islands, at this time. Also reported lost on 19 October 1941?
last update: 2024-September-22
1941-October-19 KIA RCAF Sergeant Irvine Alfred Maxwell Barber 2024-11-07

Blenheim Z5758

s/n
 Z5758
m/d
 142L

Known Squadron Assignments: ;1


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-May-07 KIA RAF Flying Officer Alastair David Seacome Hicks 2021-04-07

Blenheim Z5860

s/n
 Z5860
m/d
 142L

Known Squadron Assignments: ;14


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-December-14 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant William Robert Campbell 2023-12-16

Blenheim Z5866

s/n
 Z5866
m/d
 142L

Known Squadron Assignments: ;113


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-November-19 KIA RCAF Sergeant William Thomas Lee 2023-09-03

Blenheim Z5870

s/n
 Z5870
m/d
 142L

Known Squadron Assignments: ;401


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-July-03 KIA RCAF Aircraftman 1st Class William Franklin Kidd 2021-08-12

Blenheim Z5871

s/n
 Z5871
m/d
 142L

Known Squadron Assignments: ;3;60


last update: 2024-November-21
1942-April-08 KIFA RCAF Sergeant Robert Wright Hunter 2021-10-02
1942-April-08 KIFA RCAF Sergeant Stuart Bruce Moffitt 2021-08-16

Blenheim Z5899

s/n
 Z5899
m/d
 142L

Known Squadron Assignments: ;17


last update: 2024-November-21

Operational 1942-02-20 to 1942-02-20

17 (OT) OTU (RAF) RAF Upwood

17 Operational Training Unit (Forged To Fight) RAF Upwood. Blenheim IV aircraft Z5899 was flying on a low level navigation training exercise when the starboard aircraft wingtip hit a barrage balloon cable and it crashed at Bearwood, Staffordshire, England, killing the entire crew

Flight Sergeant WT Kyle (RCAF), Sergeant LS De Lisser (RAFVR) and Sergeant E Scott (RAFVR) were all killed in this flying accident

General {Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database

General 17 O.T.U. LOSSES


1942-February-20 KIFA RAFVR Sergeant Louis Stanhope De Lisser 2024-10-08
1942-February-20 KIFA RCAF Flight Sergeant William Thomas Kyle 2024-10-08
1942-February-20 KIFA RAFVR Sergeant Ernest Scott 2024-10-08

Blenheim Z5908

s/n
 Z5908
m/d
 142L

Known Squadron Assignments: ;55


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-December-12 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Robert Terrington Quilter 2021-05-22

Blenheim Z5947

s/n
 Z5947
m/d
 142L

Known Squadron Assignments: ;17


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-November-02 KIFA RCAF Pilot Officer Charles William Jr Bush 2021-05-11

Blenheim Z5959

s/n
 Z5959
m/d
 142L

Known Squadron Assignments: ;500


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-November-04 KIA RAF Flying Officer William John Sipprell 2021-07-28

Blenheim Z5970

s/n
 Z5970
m/d
 142L

Known Squadron Assignments: ;3


last update: 2024-November-21

Blenheim Z5982

s/n
 Z5982
m/d
 142L

Known Squadron Assignments: ;608


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-June-30 KIA RAFVR Flight Sergeant Alec Patrick Best 2024-11-12

Blenheim Z6039

s/n
 Z6039
m/d
 142L

Known Squadron Assignments: ;500


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-August-24 KIA RCAF Sergeant John Edward Mylrea 2021-08-16

Blenheim Z6050

s/n
 Z6050
m/d
 142L

Known Squadron Assignments: ;500


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-April-18 KIA RAF Pilot Officer Joseph Douglas Ready 2021-08-10

Blenheim Z6099

s/n
 Z6099
m/d
 142L

Known Squadron Assignments: ;13


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-August-28 KIFA RCAF Pilot Officer Cyril Keith Bowen 2024-11-16

Blenheim Z6163

s/n
 Z6163
m/d
 142L

Known Squadron Assignments: ;500


last update: 2024-November-21
1942-January-27 PoW RCAF Flight Sergeant James Douglas Appleyard 2024-06-27

Blenheim Z6175

s/n
 Z6175
m/d
 142L

Known Squadron Assignments: ;404

Used by No. 404 (CF) Squadron, RCAF, coded "EE*H". Crashed at Leuchars, Scotland on 16 June 1942, 3 fatalities.
last update: 2024-September-22
1942-June-12 KIA RCAF Sergeant George Stanley Brockington 2024-11-19

Blenheim Z6181

s/n
 Z6181
m/d
 142L

Known Squadron Assignments: ;404

Used by No. 404 (CF) Squadron, RCAF, coded "EE*B". Based in Shetland Islands when it flew cover for amphibious raids on Vaagso, Norway on 27 December 1941. Claimed one probable Bf109 on this sortie. Crashed on take off from Newmarcher on 23 May 1942, while launching for a search and rescue mission. 3 fatalities.
last update: 2024-September-22
1942-May-23 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Edgar James Morrow 2021-08-16
1942-May-23 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Lloyd George Dennis Thomas 2021-07-20

Blenheim Z6245

s/n
 Z6245
m/d
 142L

Known Squadron Assignments: ;404;283

Used by No. 404 (CF) Squadron, RCAF, coded "EE*L".
last update: 2024-September-22
1942-May-26 PoW RCAF Flight Lieutenant Alfred Neil Briggs 2024-11-18
1942-May-26 KIA RAF Squadron Leader Philip Herbert Foster 2023-07-23
1942-May-26 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant John Murray Jamieson 2023-07-23
1943-June-07 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 1st Class Robert Bertram Hodges 2023-08-06

Blenheim Z6360

s/n
 Z6360
m/d
 142L

Known Squadron Assignments: ;17


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-July-12 KIA RAF Sergeant Ronald James Smith 2021-05-21

Blenheim Z6363

s/n
 Z6363
m/d
 142L

Known Squadron Assignments: ;5


last update: 2024-November-21
1942-March-08 KIFA RCAF Sergeant Robert Edgar Nies 2022-09-08

Blenheim Z6426

s/n
 Z6426
m/d
 142L

Known Squadron Assignments: ;82


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-June-11 KIA RAF Pilot Officer Nigel Clinton Alers-Hankey 2024-11-01

Blenheim Z7280

s/n
 Z7280

Known Squadron Assignments: 226


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-August-10 KIA RCAF Sergeant Kenneth Allen McManus 2021-08-17
1941-August-10 KIA RCAF Sergeant John Maxwell Osborne 2021-08-18

Blenheim Z7305

s/n
 Z7305

Known Squadron Assignments: 226


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-August-26 KIA RCAF Sergeant Charles Clinton Topping 2021-10-02

Blenheim Z7307

s/n
 Z7307

Known Squadron Assignments: 114


last update: 2024-November-21
1942-March-26 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant William Maurice Popplestone 2021-09-30

Blenheim Z7309

s/n
 Z7309

Known Squadron Assignments: 114


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-October-27 KIA RCAF Sergeant James Bradshaw 2024-11-17

Blenheim Z7312

s/n
 Z7312

Known Squadron Assignments: ;226


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-September-09 KIA RAF Flight Lieutenant Clarence Edward Haggitt 2021-08-09

Blenheim Z7344

s/n
 Z7344

Known Squadron Assignments: 18


last update: 2024-November-21
1942-July-29 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Swante Oliver Hill 2022-11-22
1942-July-29 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Donald Ross McKinnon 2021-08-17

Blenheim Z7368

s/n
 Z7368

Known Squadron Assignments: 107


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-December-13 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Jack Sidney Alexander Calderwood 2024-07-06
1941-December-13 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Albert Perry McLean 2024-07-06

Blenheim Z7438

s/n
 Z7438

Known Squadron Assignments: 21


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-July-23 PoW RAF Acting Squadron Leader Frank Landseer Campbell-Rogers 2023-12-17

Blenheim Z7445

s/n
 Z7445

Known Squadron Assignments: 88


last update: 2024-November-21
1942-August-28 KIA RAF Flight Lieutenant James Okeden Alexander 2024-11-02

Blenheim Z7488

s/n
 Z7488

Known Squadron Assignments: 88


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-September-18 KIA RCAF Sergeant Ross Stewart Hambly 2021-08-09

Blenheim Z7594

s/n
 Z7594

Known Squadron Assignments: ;2


last update: 2024-November-21
1942-August-02 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Joseph Page Speakman 2021-07-23

Blenheim Z7618

s/n
 Z7618

Known Squadron Assignments: 107


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-October-11 KIA RCAF Sergeant Gerald Francis McLeod 2022-06-01

Blenheim Z7628

s/n
 Z7628

Known Squadron Assignments: 72 OTU


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-December-17 KIFA RCAF Flying Officer Alexander Gordon Smith 2021-07-28

Blenheim Z7644

s/n
 Z7644

Known Squadron Assignments: 107


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-October-09 KIA RCAF Sergeant William Karl Hunting 2021-08-10

Blenheim Z7689

s/n
 Z7689

Known Squadron Assignments: 82


last update: 2024-November-21
1942-January-04 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Donald Wood Beirnes 2024-11-11

Blenheim Z7699

s/n
 Z7699

Known Squadron Assignments: ;211


last update: 2024-November-21
1942-February-10 KIA RAF Squadron Leader Kenelm Crispin Vivian Dundas DFC, MiD 2024-10-29

Blenheim Z7704

s/n
 Z7704

Known Squadron Assignments: 107


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-October-26 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant William Taylor Shaver 2023-07-19

Blenheim Z7705

s/n
 Z7705

Known Squadron Assignments: ;34


last update: 2024-November-21
1942-November-10 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Harold Alexander Elliot 2023-08-01

Blenheim Z7782

s/n
 Z7782

Known Squadron Assignments: 1 OADU


last update: 2024-November-21
unkown date PoW RCAF Flying Officer Harold John Knight 2021-04-25

Blenheim Z7796

s/n
 Z7796

Known Squadron Assignments: 18


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-December-20 KIA RAFVR Sergeant William Charles Marshall 2021-08-15

Blenheim Z7801

s/n
 Z7801

Known Squadron Assignments: 18


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-November-05 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Gordon Albert Lowe 2022-01-23

Blenheim Z7892

s/n
 Z7892

Known Squadron Assignments: ;113


last update: 2024-November-21
1942-June-18 KIA RAF Squadron Leader Clifton Watt Harper DFC 2023-08-01

Blenheim Z7895

s/n
 Z7895

Known Squadron Assignments: 18


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-November-08 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant Gerald Cowes Pryor 2021-08-11

Blenheim Z7898

s/n
 Z7898

Known Squadron Assignments: 18


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-October-22 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant James Douglas Woodburn DFM 2023-07-19

Blenheim Z7912

s/n
 Z7912

Known Squadron Assignments: 11


last update: 2024-November-21
1943-June-01 KIA RAF Wing Commander Alan William Pennington-Legh 2021-05-06

Blenheim Z7920

s/n
 Z7920

Known Squadron Assignments: ;8


last update: 2024-November-21
1942-July-15 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Lawrence Robert Maguire 2023-07-15
1942-July-15 KIA RCAF Leading Aircraftman Harold Lewis Sneath 2021-07-25

Blenheim Z7922

s/n
 Z7922

Known Squadron Assignments: 18


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-November-05 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer John Joseph Kelly 2022-01-24

Blenheim Z9545

s/n
 Z9545

Known Squadron Assignments: 82


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-June-29 KIA RCAF Sergeant John Albert Cover 2024-05-06

Blenheim Z9598

s/n
 Z9598

Known Squadron Assignments: 113


last update: 2024-November-21
1942-October-11 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 1st Class Harry Edward Peters 2023-07-18

Blenheim Z9663

s/n
 Z9663

Known Squadron Assignments: 107


last update: 2024-November-21
1941-November-04 Died RCAF Flight Sergeant Charles Arthur Whidden 2023-07-19

Blenheim Z9676

s/n
 Z9676

Known Squadron Assignments: 82


last update: 2024-November-21
1942-January-04 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant William Carlisle McNally 2021-05-24

Blenheim Z9806

s/n
 Z9806

Known Squadron Assignments: 21


last update: 2024-November-21
1942-February-04 PoW RCAF Flying Officer Sydney Phillips 2023-08-01

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