ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 307247
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| Date: | Monday 4 September 1939 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 107 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N6240 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North sea off the coast near Wilhelmshaven. -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wattisham, Suffolk |
Blenheim N6240: Took off at 16:00 hrs for attack warships in Schillig Roads nr Wilhelmshaven.
Five Blenheims of 107 Sqdn. despatched at 16:00 hrs to attack German warships in Schillig Roads near Wilhelmshaven. Four of them were not heard from again and the other failed to locate the enemy & brought its bombs back. Exact fate of the 4 missing aircraft is not known, but it appeared that the crew of at least one Blenheim attacked the enemy so closely that the blast of their bombs when they exploded on the warship destroyed their aircraft. Blenheim N6240 was hit in Wilhelmshaven harbour and came down in the sea.
Crew:
Sgt (580195) Albert Stanley PRINCE (Pilot) RAF - killed
Sgt (561012) George Franklin BOOTH (Obs.) RAF - baled out /POW
AC2 (548555) Laurence Joseph SLATTERY (WOp/AG) RAF - baled out /POW
Sources:
1.Blenheim production list¨
2.ORB 107 Sqdn RAF
3.CWGC
4.Kew: AIR81/1
5.https://przystanekhistoria.pl/pa2/tematy/english-content/75164,Royal-Air-Force-in-September-39.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Jun-2023 14:11 | tachel | Updated |
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