ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 229695
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| Date: | Sunday 30 June 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 107 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L9467 |
| MSN: | OM-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Herbelles, 9 km south of St. Omer. Pas de Calais. -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wattisham, Suffolk |
| RAF Wattisham |
Blenheim L9467/T: Written off (destroyed) when lost (Failed To Return) from combat operations over Northern France. All three crew survived, but were captured and taken as PoWs. Accoarding to the official Air Ministry file into the incident (File AIR 81/999): "Blenheim L9467 crashed near St Omer, France, 30 June 1940. Sergeant K E Murray, Sergeant D C Hawkins and Pilot Officer J P Quirke: prisoners of war"
Airborne from RAF Wattisham Suffolk. Tasked with attacking enemy targets in the Merville Area. One of three 107 Squadron Blenheims assigned to this raid (L9467, R3823 and R3870) which were all lost in the target area to Flak/AAA, with the loss of five crew, and the other four becoming PoWs.
Crew:
P/O (42646) John Patrick "Paddy" QUIRKE (Pilot) RAF : survived /PoW (Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 19 September, 1939)
Sgt (518510) David C. HAWKINS (Obs.) RAF : survived /POW
Sgt (612345) Kenneth E. MURRAY (WOp/AG) RAF : survived /POW
The reported crash location of Herbelles is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France, 5 miles (8 km) south of Saint-Omer, at approximate Coordinates: 50°39′22″N 2°13′24″E
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-L9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1978 p 62)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/999: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14502450
3. http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=2923
4. http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/107_squadron.html#3006
5. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?13400-help-about-a-plate-from-an-electrical-apparatus-from-a-Bristol-Blenheim
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbelles
7. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 June 1940 | R3739 | 107 Sqn RAF | 1 | Forêt de Boray, near Poix-de-Picardie, Somme, Hauts-de-France. | |
w/o |
| 10 July 1940 | R3815 | 107 Sqn RAF | 3 | Glisy, Amiens, Somme department, Picardy region. | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Oct-2019 23:27 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 04-Oct-2019 06:29 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 15-Feb-2020 21:26 | C Hawkins | Updated [Narrative] |
| 30-Jun-2023 06:34 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Narrative]] |
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