ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 284911
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| Date: | Friday 11 April 1941 |
| Time: | 14:20 |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 18 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | T1829 |
| MSN: | WV-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea off Westerland, Sylt, from the direction of Amrun. -
 Germany
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| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Oulton, Norfolk |
Blenheim T1829/P: Took off at 10:50 hrs for a Anti shipping patrol.11/04/1941.
Last seen flying towards Sylt from Amrum. It crashed into the sea at approx. 14:20 hrs off Westerland after having been hit by flak from 3./lei. Flakabt.871 (fr.38/XI) and Marine flak and having been attacked by a Bf 109 fighter piloted by Fw Konrad Schönweiss of 1/JG 54.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Harold Peter Griffith Jones RAF 63068 (NCO:758117 : Commission Gazetted Friday 25 April, 1941) [Killed]
Observer : Flight Sergeant Kennedy Charles Walton RAF 649374 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant John Frederick Horsham RAFVR 751373 [Killed]
Sources:
1. Blenheim T1829 AIR81/5827
2. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 10 May 1940 | L8860 | 18 Sqn RAF | 3 | near Kessel, Limburg |  |
w/o |
| 14 July 1942 | V6071 | 18 Sqn RAF | 3 | Amsterdamse Bos, Amstelveen, Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Oct-2022 11:29 | Nepa | Added [Operator] |
| 11-Apr-2024 06:34 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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