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260773

Sgt. Arthur Frank Blencowe

Royal Air Force No. 103 Squadron

from:Camberwell

(d.26th Apr 1942)

Vickers Wellington Mk IC Aircraft, Reg DV579, went missing after having made a bombing mission from RAF Elsham Wold. The aircraft went down in the North Sea NW of Ameland in the Netherlands. It is possible that it was the same Wellington claimed to have been shot down by Uffz Heinz Grimm 5./NJG2 in the North Sea NW of Ameland at 03:37 on 26 April 1942. The bomber’s crew all perished and are commemorated as follows:

  • R/78203 Flt. Sgt. Charles Lorne Bray DFM RCAF, Runnymede Memorial Panel 102.
  • 1259439 Sgt. Frank O'Kearney Eivers, Runnymede Memorial Panel 82.
  • 1280517 Sgt. Sydney Harold Harle, Runnymede Memorial Panel 85.
  • 1258441 Sgt. Arthur Frank Blencowe, Runnymede Memorial Panel 78.
  • 929396 Sgt. Harry Bircham Bullen, Runnymede Memorial Panel 79.
  • 1161384 Sgt. Dennis William Musgrove, Runnymede Memorial Panel 90.



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