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Date: | Tuesday 12 August 1941 |
Time: | 13:28 |
Type: | Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
Owner/operator: | 18 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | V6497 |
MSN: | WV-U |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | North Sea south of Vlissingen, Zeeland -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Horsham St. Faith, Norfolk |
Destination airport: | RAF Horsham St Faith |
Narrative:Blenheim V6497: Took off at 09:25 hrs for an operation against the Knapsack power station at Hürth in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. 12/08/1941
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was hit by fighter pilot ObLt. Hubertus von Holtey of the Stab/JG 26 (based at Audembert airfield in France) and ditched in the North Sea, after clearing the Dutch coast.
Crew:
F/O (J/3729) Adam Francis Hirst MILLS (pilot) RCAF - POW
P/O (62302) William Arthur STANILAND (Obs.) RAF - POW
Sgt (916027) Leslie Charles MITCHELL (WOp/AG) RAFVR - POW
Sources:
1.https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl
2.http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Jagdgeschwader/JG26.htm
3.LW Claims by Michael Balss
4.Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Dec-2008 11:45 |
ASN archive |
Added |
03-May-2016 20:22 |
Red Dragon |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
06-Jan-2018 13:29 |
XindelX |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
19-Feb-2020 21:28 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |