ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 54115
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| Date: | Friday 10 May 1940 |
| Time: | 17:00 |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 40 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P6901 |
| MSN: | BL-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Voorburg, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wyton, Huntingdonshire |
Blenheim P6901/P: Took off for 15:49 hrs for a Bombing attack enemy Ypenburg airfield. 10/05/1940
Cause of loss not established, but probably shot down. Crashed near Voorburg (Zuid Holland), in the SE outskirts of Den Haag.
Crew:
Sgt (580605) Francis CHECKLEY (Obs.) RAF - killed
Sgt (590388) Alfred John ROBERTON (pilot) RAF - killed
Sgt (625670) Jack Alexander WEBSTER (WOp/AG) RAF - Ok /PoW
On 10th May 1940, 12 Blenheims of 40 Squadron were dispatched to bomb Ypenburg airfield. 8 or 9 aircraft bombed the primary target, 1 bombed a landing ground 5 miles West of Leyden and 1 also strafed enemy aircraft parked along beach from The Hague to Noordwick. 3 a/c failed to return, 1 of these (P6901) being shot down by enemy aircraft after bombing primary target.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft P1000-P9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1978 p 36)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/228: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14142053
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2635564/checkley,-francis/
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2635565/roberton,-alfred-john/
5. https://www.tracesofwar.com/sights/13849/Commonwealth-War-Graves-Eastern-Cemetery-Voorburg.htm
6. http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/40_squadron.html#1005
7. https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T0098&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 26-Feb-2010 01:00 | penguin832 | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Narrative] |
| 19-Jun-2013 10:06 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Phase, Narrative] |
| 13-Aug-2013 22:20 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 15-Dec-2014 16:43 | Jixon | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
| 09-Oct-2018 17:17 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 17-Jun-2019 20:19 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Jun-2019 20:19 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 14-Mar-2020 18:07 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source] |
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