ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53279
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Date: | Wednesday 23 July 1941 |
Time: | 12:53 LT |
Type: | Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
Owner/operator: | 18 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | V6250 |
MSN: | WV-Z |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | North Sea off Camperduin, Noord-Holland -
Netherlands
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Horsham St Faith |
Destination airport: | RAF Horsham St Faith |
Narrative:Mission - Anti-Shipping.
Took off from RAF Horsham St Faith at 11:45 hrs. Lost in circumstances similar to Blenheim IV R3336/WV-K. The aircraft was shot down by Bf 110s from 5./ZG 76 (based at De Kooy airfield). All are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Crew
Sgt P D Baker (KIA)
Sgt W C K Bounds (KIA)
Plt Off L F Evans (KIA)
Sources:
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 99.
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1131&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield= Google Maps
'Vliegvelden in Oorlogstijd'
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
12 May 1940 |
R3590 |
18 Sqn RAF |
0 |
Vaucogne, 30 km NNE of Troyes, Aube |
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w/o |
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Dec-2008 11:45 |
ASN archive |
Added |
02-May-2016 16:51 |
Red Dragon |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
06-Jan-2018 13:23 |
XindelX |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
25-Jul-2019 10:13 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
19-Jun-2022 02:36 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
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