ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 54117
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| Date: | Friday 10 May 1940 |
| Time: | 17:00 LT |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 18 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L8860 |
| MSN: | WV-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Kessel, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Méharicourt, France |
Bristol Blenheim Mk.IV L8860 (WV-P) of 18 Squadron, RAF: Lost on combat operations - officially described as "Blenheim L8860 crashed near Kessel, The Netherlands, 11 May 1940". Took off from Méharicourt on a low-level reconnaissance mission to reconnoiter the Albert Kanaal. Crashed on the banks of the Maas (Meuse) between Reuver and Kessel, south-west of Venlo, at 17:00 hrs. The aircraft was shot down by fighter pilot Oberleutnant H-C. Schäfer of the 5./JG 26, who was flying a Bf 109E from Dortmund-Brackel airfield in Germany.
Crew:
Pilot Officer (Pilot) Leonard Thomas Dixon, RAF 42111, killed in action 10/05/1940.
Sergeant (Observer) Thomas Arthur Peach, RAF 581241, age 24, killed in action 10/05/1940
Aircraftman 1st Class (Wireless Op..Air Gunner) John Townsley, RAF 552526, age 18, killed in action 10/05/1940,
All three crew were buried at Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-L9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/251: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14142076
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2645357/dixon,-leonard-thomas/
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2646696/peach,-thomas-arthur/
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2647021/townsley,-john/
6. http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/18_squadron.html
7. http://www.rafcommands.com/archive/08374.php
8. http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/raf-losses-may-1940-an-update.16940/page-2#post-194750
9. https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T0095&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
10. Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 11 April 1941 | T1829 | 18 Sqn RAF | 3 | North Sea off Westerland, Sylt, from the direction of Amrun. |  |
w/o |
| 14 July 1942 | V6071 | 18 Sqn RAF | 3 | Amsterdamse Bos, Amstelveen, Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
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] |
| 23-Jan-2012 04:33 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Phase, Narrative] |
| 03-Jun-2013 01:58 | Anon. | Updated [Operator] |
| 03-Jun-2013 07:27 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative] |
| 03-Jun-2013 07:37 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 06-Aug-2013 18:59 | JINX | Updated [Operator] |
| 15-Dec-2014 09:54 | Koumes | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 29-Sep-2015 20:06 | sandman56 | Updated [Narrative] |
| 19-Jun-2019 22:16 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Mar-2020 18:00 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source] |
| 14-Mar-2020 18:04 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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