Date:	Wednesday 16 July 1941
Time:	16:50
Type:	Bristol Blenheim Mk IV
Owner/operator:	21 Sqn RAF
Registration:	V6240
MSN:	YH-B
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Waalhaven Airfield, Zuid-Holland -   Netherlands
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Watton, Norfolk
Destination airport:	RAF Watton

Narrative:
Blenheim V6240/B: Took off at 15:35 hrs. for a bombing mission over Rotterdam.16/07/1941
Hit by flak and crashed in the Waalhaven, in the heart of Rotterdam's dockland.
Crew:
Sgt (1164941) James Eric Singleton BEVAN (Pilot) RAFVR - killed
P/O (89316) Ralph Martin SLADE (Obs.) RAFVR - killed (NCO:912002 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 21 January, 1941)
Sgt (1354733) Leonard Richard MYNOTT (WOp/Ag) RAFVR - killed

1.https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl
2.Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 93.
3.AIR81/7658
4.CWGC
5.ORB
6.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

Other occurrences involving this aircraft

14 June 1940	R3742	21 Sqn RAF	0	Ardres, Pas De Calais, 10 miles SSE of Calais		w/o
5 May 1941	L8758	21 Sqn RAF	3	the Irish Sea, between Rhyl and Isle of Man.		w/o

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
17-Dec-2008 11:45	ASN archive	Added
01-May-2016 17:52	Red Dragon	Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
29-Dec-2017 18:03	Nepa	Updated [Operator]
11-Jan-2018 15:01	XindelX	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
26-Sep-2018 10:00	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator]
13-Jul-2019 13:29	TigerTimon	Updated [Time, Location, Source]
13-Jun-2022 20:32	Ron Averes	Updated [Location]
16-Jul-2023 06:46	Rob Davis	Updated [[Location]]