ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 54119
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| Date: | Friday 10 May 1940 |
| Time: | 17:00 |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 40 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L8828 |
| MSN: | BL-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea off 's-Gravenzande, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wyton, Huntingdonshire |
10th May 1940: 12 Blenheims of 40 Squadron dispatched to bomb Ypenburg airfield. 8 or 9 aircraft bombed 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 being shot down by enemy aircraft after bombing primary target.
Blenheim L8828 was one of five 40 Sqdn Blenheims lost on this day. Officially described as "Blenheim L8828 failed to return from air operations to attack an aerodrome in The Netherlands, 10 May 1940". Airborne 15:49 from RAF Wyton. Cause of loss not established. Crashed into the North Sea, off Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland. The bodies of the crew were eventually washed ashore onto the beaches of Zuid Holland.
Crew:
F/O (36133) Percival John Hamilton ROWAN (pilot) RAF - killed
Cpl (535562) Temple Frederick Sinclair CLARK (WOp/AG) RAF - killed
Sgt (526936) George BEARDWOOD (Obs.) RAF - killed
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-L9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1978 p 59)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/231: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14142056
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2635534/rowan,-percival-john-hamilton/
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2635524/clark,-temple-frederick-sinclair/
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2635537/beardwood,-george/
6. http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/40_squadron.html
7. https://www.tracesofwar.com/sights/2218/Oorlogsgraven-s-Gravenzande.htm
8. https://www.geni.com/people/Percival-Percy-Rowan/6000000046536605830
9. https://vwma.org.au/explore/people/645597
10. https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T0097&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 September 1940 | L8757 | 40 Sqn RAF | 3 | North Sea off Vlissingen, Zeeland | |
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] |
| 01-Feb-2012 10:47 | Anon. | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 19-Jun-2013 10:05 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Phase, Narrative] |
| 20-Aug-2013 15:41 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location] |
| 15-Dec-2014 17:02 | Jixon | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
| 09-Oct-2018 17:16 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 17-Jun-2019 21:21 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Mar-2020 18:05 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source] |
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