Blenheim Wreckage in North Africa

[Kuno22]

Whilst we have plenty of information about sunken battleships in the Mediterranean, the Situation regarding lost planes is a little bit more difficult.

Recently somebody mentioned a plane crashed "in the area of KUFRA" into the sand. Sadly the person does not remember, where it exactly was nor did he investigate about numbers, inscriptions etc.

Not much was left at all. But the remnants shown on the photograph were enough to identificate the outer part of a left wing of a Bristol "Blenheim".

So far so good. Whoms bird was this? The first thought was going to the emergency landed SAAF "Blenheims" - but this is not the case. Too far away from the route the group was driving some many years ago.

Here links to those SAAF planes:

http://www.afrika-korps.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3289&highlight=saaf

http://www.afrika-korps.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?p=483#483

http://www.afrika-korps.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=184&highlight=flugpatrouillen

http://rapidttp.com/milhist/vol122jc.html


OK; if it was not the SAAF who lost the planes; maybe the Free French? At least they had "Blenheims" with them and those planes were doing bomb raids on KUFRA prior to the siege of the oasis. Is there any information about any plane losses within the French rows? (I know about one - but this one is lying in CHAD and not in LIBYA).

I would be very thankful for any information about such plane losses in the deep Souteast of Libya.

Further links I have checked out without success:

http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/stories/loss-three-saaf-blenheim-aircraft-near-kufra-7740.html

http://fjexpeditions.com/frameset/blenheims.htm

http://www.scripophily.net/brcoaecoltda.html

http://saharayro.free.fr/bristol1.htm