ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 54116
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| Date: | Friday 10 May 1940 |
| Time: | afternoon |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 57 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L9245 |
| MSN: | DX-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Vogelenzangsebrug at Echteld, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Rosières-en-Santerre, France (takeoff at 1530 hrs) |
Bristol Blenheim Mk.IV L9245, DX-P, 57 Squadron. Lost on combat operations - officially described as "Blenheim L9245 crashed into the River Linge, north of Echteld, The Netherlands, during a reconnaissance flight, 10 May 1940"; all three crew killed, their bodies were washed ashore, and buried as detailed below.
Crew of Blenheim L9245:
Leading Aircraftman (Wireless Op./Air Gunner) Leslie Frederick Jordan, RAF, 624246, age 27, killed in action 10/05/1940, buried Hook of Holland General Cemetery ek van Holland, Netherlands
Pilot Officer (Pilot) Alban Thomas, RAF, 41332, killed in action 10/05/1940, buried Hook of Holland General Cemetery, Netherlands
Sergeant (Observer) Penry Llwewllyn Thomas, RAF 563934, age 27, killed in action 10/05/1940, buried Buurmalsen General Cemetery (Gelderland), Netherlands. Buried here (away from the other two crew) because he was not found until later
L9245 took off May 10, 1940 from Rosières-en-Santerre airbase in France. Shot down during recce sortie and crashed at Vogelenzangsebrug at Echteld, north-east of Tiel. Possibly the aircraft claimed as shot down by Lt Fluder of 5./JG27 west of Nijmegen, at 12.08 hrs on this date.
P/O Thomas and LAC Jordan were originally buried at Echteld. Later they were re-interred in Hook of Holland. A lower torso later found in the river Linge near Zoelen, and buried there as "an unknown airman", is also believed to be that of P/O Thomas. In March 1941 the remains of Sgt Perry Thomas were discovered between Buren and Buurmalsen and interred locally.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-L9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1978 p 61)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/238: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14142063
3. http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/57_squadron.html
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2635071/jordan,-leslie-frederick/
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2635098/thomas,-alban/
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2647876/thomas,-penry-llewelyn/
7. https://www.tracesofwar.com/sights/19142/Oorlogsgraf-van-het-Gemenebest-Buurmalsen.htm
8. http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/raf-losses-may-1940-an-update.16940/page-2#post-194790
9. https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T0100&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 July 1940 | R3847 | 57 Sqn RAF | 3 | North Sea, off Stavanger, Rogaland |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 19-Jun-2013 10:07 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 09-Feb-2014 13:54 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Oct-2018 17:14 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 17-Jun-2019 22:42 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Mar-2020 18:47 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source] |
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