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In my research of 59 Squadron I was wondering the same of the Blenheim, as a large chunk (atleast 60-70%) of the CWGC list was made up of casualties from the period they flew Blenheims and the cross over period with the integration of the Hudsons.
Certainly other factors would have come into play, such as the missions they were flying, for at the time (with the Blenheim) they were mainly flying bomb/recon missions over France and the Dutch Coast and then later on, the fatality rate seems to decrease so to speak as they start to fly anti-shipping strikes and U-Boat hunting missions in Liberators and perhaps flying in a far better aircraft than the Blenheim...
Now I'm far from an expert, but I would certainly agree that it seems the Blenheim had it's issues!
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