Bristol Blenheim MkIV RAF 82Sqn UXF N3594 force landed Holland .
The crew consisted of Sgt. W.H.M. Butcher, Sgt. W.J.P. Sheppard and Sgt. J. Ferguson who took-off from Bodney during Operation Essen to bomb the Ruhr area. All became POW.
Photo Source: Flugzeug Classic 2008-09
Bristol Blenheim MkIV RAF 82Sqn UXF N3594 force landed Holland 3 4th Dec 1940 01-03
Bristol Blenheim MkIV RAF 82Sqn UX Watton Norfolk 1940
Bristol Blenheim RAF 82Sqn UXA P6915 England 1940 01
Bristol Blenheim RAF 82Sqn UXN R3821 restored 01-09
Blenheim MkIV RAF 82Sqn recon Italian SV Pietro Querini off the Kerkenna Islands IWM C1913
Oblique aerial photograph taken from a Malta-based Bristol Blenheim Mark IV of No. 82 Squadron RAF, of the abandoned Italian supply vessel PIETRO QUERINI sinking off the Kerkenna Islands of Tunisia after being torpedoed by the submarine HMS UNION. The ship was part of a small convoy attempting to reach Tripoli, Libya.
Imperial War Museum IWM C 1913 https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205023058
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Magazine References: +
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Web References: +
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