ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53859
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Date: | Tuesday 30 July 1940 |
Time: | 20:00 LT |
Type: | Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
Owner/operator: | 15 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | R3764 |
MSN: | LS-U |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Schelde near Breskens, Zeeland -
Netherlands
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 15:50 LT for an operation to Paderborn (Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany).
Over Zeeland, shot down by fighter pilot Oberleutnant F. Eckerle of the 6./JG 54, who was flying a Bf 109E from Vlissingen airfield.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Percy Frank Eames RAF 70196 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 21 November, 1939) [PoW]
Observer : Pilot Officer Francis Herbert Jones RAF 44074 (NCO:365374 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 23 July, 1940) [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Patrick Murphy RAF 532831 [Killed]
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T0763&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield= Google Maps
'Vliegvelden in Oorlogstijd'
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
15 May 1940 |
L8856 |
15 Sqn RAF |
0 |
'Groote Boom polder' north of Sint Kruis - Aardenburg, Zeeland |
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w/o |
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Dec-2008 11:45 |
ASN archive |
Added |
23-Jul-2019 19:58 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
23-Jul-2019 19:58 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Source] |
24-Jul-2019 08:17 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
08-May-2024 11:53 |
Rob Davis |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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