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Re: 53 Sqd Blenheim T2035 - Crashed Dover 25/8/40
24 August 1940.
53 Squadron.
Blenheim IV T2035 PZ-F.
Base. Detling.
Take off time. 20.59hrs.
Op. Hookos Patrol.
Crew.
F/O. SC. Rochford 70584 +
Sgt. W. Briggs 751402 +
Sgt. D. Brook 648603 +
Crashed at dover hitting two houses and bursting into flames while returning from an attack on the Channel ports. F/O. Rochford rests in Hertford Corporation Cemetery, Sgt Briggs in St John the Baptist Churchyard Westwood, Warwickshire, while Sgt. Brook was taken to Anlaby Tranby Lane Cemetery, Haltemprice, Yorkshire.
Details from RAF Coastal command losses Vol 1. Ross McNeill.
Regards
Peter Clare.
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