ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 54129
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| Date: | Friday 10 May 1940 |
| Time: | 14:00 |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IF |
| Owner/operator: | 600 (City of London) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L1401 |
| MSN: | BQ-K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Piershil, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Manston, Kent |
Blenheim L1401/K: Took off a 12:30 hrs for mission to Waalhaven airfiel (NL). 10/05/1940:
Six Blenheim 1F from 600 Sqdn 600 (S/Ldr James Wells) had been directed to Waalhaven. The planes left Manston at 12:30 hrs. They would never reach Waalhaven, for the Messerschmitt Bf-110's of 3/ZG1 (Oberleutnant Streib) would intercept the British planes over Pernis. Five of the six Blenheims were shot down; the sixth plane,
Blenheim L1401/K: Failed to return from air operations over Rotterdam /Waalhaven. 10/05/1940
Blenheim L1401: Flew south of the island of IJsselmonde, when they were intercepted by a Bf110 of 3/ZG.1. During the air-battle between the two airplanes one of the Blenheim's engines caught fire while navigator/rear gunner P/O Echlin was killed behind the machine gun. The Blenheim made a belly landing near Piershil, where Dutch engineers of a nearby position pulled the unconsious F/O Rowe out of the burning plane.
P/O Echlin's body tragically burnt with the wreckage and his remains were later salvaged and buried. F/O Rowe was treated in a military hospital in Oud-Beijerland, where he was dismissed three months later and sent to a German POW camp for the remainder of the war
Crew:
F/O (90089) John Hugh Chitty ROWE (pilot) RAFVR - injured /PoW
P/O (77117) Robert Wyatt Hamilton ECHLIN (WOp/AG) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-L9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain
2. ORB 600 Sqdn RAF
3. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/207
4. https://www.cwgc.org.
5. http://600 squadronassociation.com
6. https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 December 1940 | L8723 | 600 (City of London) Sqn RAF | 0 | near RAF Catterick, Yorkshire, England |  |
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] |
| 10-Jan-2012 13:51 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Phase, Narrative] |
| 26-Jan-2013 16:20 | Nepa | Updated [Narrative] |
| 13-Aug-2013 22:19 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 15-Aug-2013 07:28 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 15-Aug-2013 08:35 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Aug-2013 15:40 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport] |
| 20-Aug-2013 17:54 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport] |
| 20-Aug-2013 18:32 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport] |
| 24-Aug-2013 09:10 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport] |
| 24-Aug-2013 15:01 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 14-Nov-2013 17:01 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 29-Sep-2015 20:08 | sandman56 | Updated [Narrative] |
| 22-Jan-2016 05:24 | JINX | Updated [Operator] |
| 22-Jan-2016 19:56 | AlLah | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Jan-2016 20:59 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 11-Feb-2016 04:49 | JIXN | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source] |
| 26-Sep-2018 09:19 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 15-Jun-2019 23:16 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Mar-2020 13:17 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Source] |
| 30-Dec-2020 21:23 | Glog | Updated [Narrative, Operator] |
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