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Re: Blenheims in the Far East
Hi Alex
Have you been able to look at "Bloody Shambles" by Shores/Cull/Izawa particularly Vol 1.?
It gives an Order of Battle for 7/12/41 which shows
N Malaya
27 Sqn 12 Blenheim If's at Sunga Patani
62 Sqn 18 Blenheim I's at Alor Star
Central + S Malaya
60 Sqn 8 Blenheim I's at Kuantan(a detachment from the Sqn that was based in Burma)
a unit identified as Y Sqn with 2 Mk I's at Kluang
Singapore
34 Sqn 17 Mk IV's at Tengah
The narrative records the effective loss of almost all of them within a few days from various causes from Combat to Bombing.It is not easy to pick out the Unit-Serial combinations but there is a photo of L6809.MU-X of 60 Sqn a Mk I. Others mentioned in the text are L 1107,1133,1134(seem to be 62 Sqn)L1530,4829 and 4913(no unit i/d), L6669(seems to be 27 Sqn
The rest are Mk IV's confirmed from AB Serials and of 34 Sqn. V5379,5598,5589,5633,5636,5827,5829,5931, Z5796
Hope this doesn't duplicate too much of what you have already
Regards
Dick
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