ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 229248
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| Date: | Saturday 8 June 1940 |
| Time: | 16:30 LT |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 110 (Hyderabad) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L8749 |
| MSN: | VE-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Deauville, Calvados, Normandy -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wattisham, Suffolk |
| RAF Wattisham, Suffolk |
Bristol Blenheim Mk.IV L8749 (VE-D) 110 Sqaudron, RAF: Written off (destroyed) when lost (Failed To Return) from combat operations over Northern France. All three crew survived, and evaded capture. According to the official Air Ministry file into the incident (File AIR 81/851): "Blenheim L8749, force landed near Deauville, France, 8 June 1940. Sergeant F J A Gower, Sergeant V J Swallow and Sergeant R Sims: missing, later reported as safe".
Airborne from RAF Wattisham, Suffolk at 15;20 hours tasked with bombing troop concentrations in the Rouen/Quevauvillers/Fresnoy-au-val area. Shot down by flak/AAA and crash landed. All three crew survived uninjured, and evaded capture, to return to their unit.
Crew of Blenheim L8749:
Sergeant F J A Gower (Wireless Op./Air Gunner)
Sergeant Vincent Joseph Swallow (Observer) RAF 540806
Sergeant Robert Sims (Pilot) RAF 104890
The reported crash location of Deauville is a commune in the Calvados département in the Normandy region in northwestern France, at approximate Coordinates: 49°22′N 0°05′E
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-L9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1978)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/851: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14502657
3. http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=7776
4. http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/110_squadron.html#1106
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deauville
6. http://www.rafcommands.com/archive/05149.php
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deauville
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 September 1939 | N6206 | 110 (Hyderabad) Sqn RAF | 3 | near Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Sep-2019 22:07 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 24-Sep-2019 13:23 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 04-Nov-2019 10:48 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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