ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 229010
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Date: | Friday 4 July 1941 |
Time: | 16:10 |
Type: | Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
Owner/operator: | 21 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | Z7432 |
MSN: | YH-J |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Minor |
Location: | RAF Watton, Norfolk, England -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Watton, Norfolk |
Destination airport: | RAF Watton |
Narrative:Blenheim Z7432/J: Took off at 13:45 hrs for bombing mission on the Electric Power station Chocques near Bethune. 04/07/1941
Lost one propeller and it's undercarriage to heavy anti-aircraft fire over France during a raid. It's crew escaped safely, before it caught fire after belly-landing back at it's base at RAF Watton. The fire crews at Watton were soon upon the scene and liberally doused the smoking Mercury engines with foam flame-suppressant.
Crew:
Sgt ???? MAGUIRE (pilot) RAF - Ok
Sgt ???? BANGOR-JONES (Obs.) RAF - Ok
Sgt ???? HASKINS (WOp/AG) RAF - Ok
Sources:
Blenheim production list
ORB 21 Sqdn RAF
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
21 July 1941 |
Z7501 |
21 Sqn RAF |
0 |
RAF Manston, Kent, England |
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w/o |
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
13-Sep-2019 16:10 |
Nepa |
Added [Operator] |
19-Apr-2020 07:42 |
Elwood_Kelly |
Updated [Date, Time, Narrative] |
20-Jul-2021 20:30 |
Anon. |
Updated [Location, Operator] |
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