ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 228036
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| Date: | Thursday 23 May 1940 |
| Time: | 12:00 |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 40 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P4909 |
| MSN: | BL-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | between Beuvry and Sailly-labourse, 3 km ESE of Béthune. -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wyton, Huntingdonshire |
Blenheim L4909/C: Written off (destroyed) when lost (failed to return) from combat operations in the Arras-Boulogne area. Two of the crew of three were killed. According to the official Air Ministry file into the incident (File AIR 81/516): "Blenheim P4909 crashed at Sailly-Labourse, France, 23 May 1940. Sergeant J A D Beattie - uninjured. Acting Wing Commander J G Llewelyn and Pilot Officer W G Edwards - report of deaths".
Blenheim P4909: Took off at 10:10 hrs for a combat operations in the Arras-Boulogne area. 23/05/1940
Shot down by Flak/AAA and crashed between Beuvry and Sailly-labourse (Pas-de-Calais), 3 km East-South-East of Béthune, France. As stated above, two of the crew of three were killed.
Crew:
W/Cdr (26060) John Griffith LLEWELYN (pilot) RAF - killed
Sgt (565623) J.A.D. BEATTIE (Obs.) RAF - bailed out, survived uninjured, later returned safely to his Sqdn.
P/O (42937) William George EDWARDS (WOp/AG) RAF - killed
The reported crash location of Sailly-Labourse is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France, at approximate Coordinates: 50°30′09″N 2°41′42″E.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft P1000-P9999
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/515:
3. http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/40_squadron.html#2305
4. http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=1931
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2280602/edwards,-william-george/
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2278814/llewelyn,-john-griffith/
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailly-Labourse
8. https://www.asisbiz.com/RAF/RAF-40Sqn.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 14 June 1940 | N3592 | 40 Sqn RAF | 3 | Fresney (Eure), 13 km SE of Evreux, Normandy | |
w/o |
| 2 September 1940 | L8796 | 40 Sqn RAF | 1 | RAF West Raynham, near Fakenham, Norfolk, England |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Aug-2019 20:03 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 09-Aug-2019 05:55 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
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