Lost on 6 February was a No. 211 Squadron Blenheim with an all-Australian crew on escort duties over a convoy from Berhala Straits to Banka Straits. The crew was Sergeant Allan Bott, Pilot, Sergeant James Lynas, Observer, and Sergeant Henry Lamond, Wireless Air Gunner. Of three aircraft on the mission, two did not return to base. One, unidentified, was seen to be on fire and the probable location was 0 degrees North 104 degrees East. The other Blenheim lost on this mission also carried an all-Australian crew of Sergeant Geoffrey Steele, Pilot, Sergeant Stewart Menzies, Observer, and Sergeant George Gornall, Wireless Air Gunner.