ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53291
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| Date: | Wednesday 16 July 1941 |
| Time: | 17:00 |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 18 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | V6267 |
| MSN: | WV-M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Noordsingel street, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Horsham St Faith |
| RAF Horsham St Faith |
Mission-Rotterdam. Took off from RAF Horsham St Faith at 15:17 hrs. Hit by flak and crashed at 17:00 hrs in the Noordsingel at Rotterdam. All are buried in the local Crooswijk General Cemetery. Since the war, a memorial to the crew has been placed near the crash site and this has been adopted by the local school.
Crew
Wg Cdr Thomas Noel Partridge DFC RAF/37574 (KIA)
Sgt George Arthur Dvorjetz RAFVR/905235 (KIA)
Flt Sgt John Oscar Noel Smith DFM RAF/550971 (KIA)
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1114&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 93.
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 25 May 1940 | R3598 | 18 Sqn RAF | 2 | Abbeville, France |  |
w/o |
| 9 June 1941 | V6428 | 18 Sqn RAF | 3 | North Sea N of Schiermonnikoog, Friesland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-May-2016 17:52 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Jan-2018 13:29 | XindelX | Updated [Time, Operator, Narrative] |
| 13-Jul-2019 13:27 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Source] |
| 16-Oct-2021 16:42 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
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