ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53576
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| Date: | Wednesday 30 April 1941 |
| Time: | 07:30 |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 21 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | V5853 |
| MSN: | YH-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea near convoy off Hoek van Holland, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Watton, Norfolk |
Blenheim V5853: Took off at 05:30 hrs for a Anti-Shipping patrol. 30/04/1941
Hit by Flak and crashed in the sea off the Dutch coast at 07:30 hrs.
Crew:
Sgt (903468) Maurice Stafford DEWING (Pilot) RAFVR - killed
Sgt (909971) Harry NATHAN (WOp/AG) RAFVR - killed
Sgt (748545) William Herbert Roland SMALE (Obs.) RAF - killed
Sources:
1.https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl
2.Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941
3.AIR81/6151
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 14 May 1940 | L8742 | 21 Sqn RAF | 3 | near Sugny, Vresse-sur-Semois, Namur, Wallonia |  |
w/o |
| 5 September 1940 | R3755 | 21 Sqn RAF | 3 | Missing - North Sea |  |
w/o |
| 23 February 1941 | R3636 | 21 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Watton, Norfolk, England | |
non |
| 28 February 1941 | N3625 | 21 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Watton, Norfolk, England | |
non |
| 14 April 1941 | R2784 | 21 Sqn RAF | 3 | Nachtegaallaan, Stadskweektuin in Leiden, Oegstgeest, Zuid-Holland | |
w/o |
| 4 June 1941 | V6323 | 21 Sqn RAF | 3 | North sea 2.5miles north of Kinnaird Head near Fraserburgh. Scotland | |
w/o |
| 13 September 1941 | V5463 | 21 Sqn RAF | 5 | RAF Watton, Norfolk, England | |
w/o |
| 12 October 1941 | Z9737 | 21 Sqn RAF | 3 | near Kingerby, few miles south-west of Caistor, Lincolnshire, England | |
w/o |
| 15 November 1941 | Z6040 | 21 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Watton, Norfolk, England | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 04-Apr-2016 19:08 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Apr-2016 18:12 | Black Jack | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 26-Sep-2018 09:52 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 26-Apr-2019 19:46 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Jun-2022 01:34 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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