ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 228984
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| Date: | Saturday 8 June 1940 |
| Time: | 11:00 |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 21 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L9023 |
| MSN: | YH-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Le Mesge, 13 miles NW of Amiens, Somme, Hauts de France. -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bodney, near Watton, Norfolk |
| RAF Bodney, Norfolk |
Bristol Blenheim Mk.IV L9023/P: Took off at 10:00 hrs to attack German armoured columns along the Weygard line. 08/06/1940
Cause of loss not established, but possibly brought down by Flak/AAA. Crashed at Le Mesge, in the vicinity of Abbeville (Somme), France.Possible Claim by Hptm Günther Lützow Stab I./JG 3 - Abbeville at 13:05hrs.
Crew
F/O (40215) Hugh Diarmid Sherbrooke DUNFORD-WOOD (pilot) RAF - killed
Sgt (566209) Edwin JONES (Obs.) RAF - Killed
Sgt (551673) Donald Robert Charles MacLAGAN (WOp/AG) RAF - killed
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-L9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1978 p 60)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/806: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14502477
3. http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=4369
4. http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/21_squadron.html#0806
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2952571/dunford-wood,-hugh-diarmid-sherbrooke/
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2952620/jones,-edwin/
7. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2952648/maclagan,-donald-robert-charles/
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Mesge
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 25 May 1940 | L8734 | 21 Sqn RAF | 2 | Kezelberg, near Moorsele, 8km SSW of Roeselare, West Flanders. |  |
w/o |
| 24 May 1941 | V5595 | 21 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Watton, Norfolk, England |  |
min |
| 18 July 1941 | V5595 | 21 Sqn RAF | 0 | English Channel off Gravelines, departement Nord, 25 km SW of Dunkirk. | |
w/o |
| 12 August 1941 | V5874 | 21 Sqn RAF | 3 | North Sea off Texel, Noord-Holland |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Sep-2019 23:32 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 12-Sep-2019 23:34 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location] |
| 13-Sep-2019 16:13 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 24-Jun-2022 19:11 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
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