ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 227080
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| Date: | Thursday 16 May 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L9411 |
| MSN: | XD-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Floing, 3 km north-west of Sedan, Ardennes. -
 France
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| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Plivot airfield (Fr.) |
Blenheim L9411/J: Written off (destroyed) when lost (failed to return) from combat operations. 16/05/1940 According to the official Air Ministry file on the incident (File AIR 81/369): "Aircraftman 2nd Class W J McCarthy, Sergeant E W Tough and Pilot Officer K M A De Souza: report of deaths; Blenheim L9411 failed to return from an operational flight over Sedan, France, 16 May 1940".
Blenheim L9411: Airborne from Plivot, France. Target: Montherme. Cause of loss not established, but L9411 was the only 139 (Jamaica) Squadron Blenheim lost on this date. One published source (see link #8) claims L9411 was shot down by Bf 109s of 3./JG 53. Crashed between Floing and Glaire, on the East bank of the Meuse river loop, 3 km North West of Sedan, Ardennes, France.
Crew:
P/O (41679) Kenneth Mitchell Alves De SOUZE (pilot) RAF : killed
Sgt (581008) Edmund Winchester TOUGH (obs.) RAF : killed
AC2 (625295) William John McCARTHY (WOp/AG) RAF : killed
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-L9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1978 p 62)
2. National Airchives (PRO Kew) File Air 81/369: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14502173
3. http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/139_squadron.html#1605
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2689671/de-souza,-kenneth-mitchell-alves/
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2689673/tough,-edmund-winchester/
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2689672/mccarthy,-william-john/
7. http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/raf-losses-may-1940-an-update.16940/page-8#post-196467
8. http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=230
9. http://www.munier-pilote-1940.fr/MISSION-15-05-1940-MUNIER-R-2.htm
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 September 1941 | Z7274 | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF | 3 | North Sea 4 miles west off Dunkerque, département du Nord. | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Jul-2019 01:55 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 13-Jul-2019 01:55 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time] |
| 14-Jul-2019 10:22 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 30-Jun-2022 05:01 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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