ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53550
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| Date: | Wednesday 29 April 1942 |
| Time: | 04:35 |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 18 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z7436 |
| MSN: | WV-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Zuidvaartpolder between Goes and Wolphaartsdijk; Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wattisham |
Takeoff at 23:35 hrs for an operation to the Langerbrugge power station at Gent, Belgium & failed to return; crashed under unknown circumstances.
The aircraft was claimed shot down by night fighter pilot Major Karl Theodor Hülshoff of the Stab/NJG 2, who was flying a Ju 88 C-6 from Gilze-Rijen airfield. His claim however, was not acknowledged (credited) by the OKL/RLM.
The crew all rest at Vlissingen cemetery:
Pilot: 47175 Plt Off Richard Middleton Owen - Flushing (Vlissingen) Cemetery Row B. Joint grave 24 (NCO:655648 Commission Gazetted : Friday 19 December, 1941)
Observer: 109510 Plt Off Lawrence Andrew Coventry - Flushing (Vlissingen) Cemetery Row B. Joint grave 24 (NCO:1380427 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 02 December, 1941)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:13600303 Sgt Douglas Llewellyn Hughes - Flushing (Vlissingen) Cemetery Row B. Grave 23.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1496&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
Google Maps
CWGC
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 16 May 1940 | L9254 | 18 Sqn RAF | 3 | Ardissat, near Crevecoeur-sur-l'Escaut (Nord), 8 km SSE of Cambrai |  |
w/o |
| 6 July 1940 | R3662 | 18 Sqn RAF | 0 | Sangatte Beach, Sangatte near Calais, Pas De Calais | |
w/o |
| 8 August 1940 | L9472 | 18 Sqn RAF | 3 | North Sea, off Zeeland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 28-Apr-2017 12:56 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Dec-2017 20:32 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Dec-2017 18:04 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 06-Jan-2018 13:29 | XindelX | Updated [Operator, Phase] |
| 18-Apr-2020 17:49 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Apr-2020 17:50 | TigerTimon | Updated [Phase] |
| 20-Apr-2020 08:25 | TigerTimon | Updated [Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Apr-2020 09:03 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 28-Apr-2024 06:45 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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