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Blenheim IV N6183

Incidents/Accidents

Date	Aircraft	Unit	Pilot Name	Location
09 Jul 43	Blenheim IV N6183	11 Sqdn	Sgt George Frederick REGAN + (409448) Sgt Merville Keith SMITH +(973479	Feni India
Remarks	shot down by ground fire in raid on Ramree, Burma; Sgt G. Regan, Sgt M. Smith, and Sergeant Gordon ROWAN (1069929) KIA. Aircraft caught fire and was seen to crash into hill side and explode. Part of six aircraft mission to attack TAUNGUP ROAD and TAUNGBONGYI. F541: 0930 hrs TO. Did not return. Was seen emitting black smoke. The main plane caught fire borke off and the aircraft crashed into hill side exploding on impact leaving the crew with no chance of survival. Last Blenheim Loss - Squadron re-equipped with Hurricane soon after			ORB

National Archives AIR81

Citation	Aircraft	AIR81 Casualty File Description	Link
AIR81/14541	Blenheim IV N6183	Pilot Officer W N Bassingthwaite (RAAF): injured; Blenheim N6183, 113 Squadron, enemy action, aircraft force landed near Dum Dum Aerodrome, India, 14 May 1942.	C17386040

Crew and Passengers for Blenheim IV N6183

Rank	Name, Number, Trade & Details	Date	Unit	Fate	Details
Died
Flight Sergeant	George Frederick REGAN (409448)	1943-07-09	11 Sqdn AIR27	Died	Commemorated Singapore Memorial, Singapore
Sergeant	Gordon ROWAN (1069929)	1943-07-09	11 Sqdn AIR27	Died	Commemorated Singapore Memorial, Singapore
Sergeant	Merville Keith SMITH (973479)	1943-07-09	11 Sqdn AIR27	Died	Commemorated Singapore Memorial, Singapore

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F/L Robert John INGRAM, RAAF - No.11 Squadron - DFC - killed in action by HughAHalliday on 14 Jan 2024 13:20	INGRAM, Robert John, A/F/L (Aus 400369, Royal Australian Air Force, deceased) - No.11 Squadron - Distinguished Flying Cross - awarded as per London Gazette dated 18 January 1944, with effect from 23 April 1943. Born 17 April 1917 in Auckland, New Zealand. Killed in action, 1 June 1943 (Blenheim Z7912). Citation from Air Ministry Bulletin 12623. Flight Lieutenant Ingram took part in operations against the enemy in the Western Desert, Ceylon and Burma. He was navigation officer for his squadron for nine months and latterly led a large number of bombing sorties on Japanese targets in Burma. This officer’s navigation both in the Western Desert and in Burma was outstanding and earned the complete confidence of his fellow pilots and navigators. By his conscientiousness and meticulous ca ....Read More.

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F/L Robert John INGRAM, RAAF - No.11 Squadron - DFC - killed in action
by HughAHalliday
on 14 Jan 2024 13:20

INGRAM, Robert John, A/F/L (Aus 400369, Royal Australian Air Force, deceased) - No.11 Squadron - Distinguished Flying Cross - awarded as per London Gazette dated 18 January 1944, with effect from 23 April 1943. Born 17 April 1917 in Auckland, New Zealand. Killed in action, 1 June 1943 (Blenheim Z7912). Citation from Air Ministry Bulletin 12623. Flight Lieutenant Ingram took part in operations against the enemy in the Western Desert, Ceylon and Burma. He was navigation officer for his squadron for nine months and latterly led a large number of bombing sorties on Japanese targets in Burma. This officer’s navigation both in the Western Desert and in Burma was outstanding and earned the complete confidence of his fellow pilots and navigators. By his conscientiousness and meticulous ca ....Read More.

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