ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 54473
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Date: | Sunday 14 April 1940 |
Time: | 16:00 LT |
Type: | Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
Owner/operator: | 57 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | L9465 |
MSN: | DX- |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Babberich, Gelderland -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Rosières-en-Santerre airfield, France |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:The aircraft was hit by fighter pilot Oberleutnant A. Lignitz of the 3./JG 20, who was flying a Bf 109E from Bönninghardt airfield (Germany) and crashed near Babberich.
The Blenheim was on a photo recce operation.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Horace Gaulterus Graham-Hogg RAF 39516 [Killed] (Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 28 December, 1937)
Observer : Sergeant John Rose Proctor RAF 515376 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Aircraftman 1st Class James Shuttleworth RAF 626490 [Killed]
All three lie at the Arnhem (Moscowa) General Cemetery, Netherlands (GPS 52.004901 / 5.921358)
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T0015&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield= http://ww2.dk/air/jagd/jg20.htm Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Dec-2008 11:45 |
ASN archive |
Added |
26-Feb-2010 01:01 |
penguin832 |
Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative] |
17-Jun-2013 17:50 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
06-Aug-2013 18:57 |
JINX |
Updated [Operator] |
06-Aug-2013 18:57 |
JINX |
Updated [Operator] |
15-Dec-2014 10:52 |
Jixon |
Updated [Operator] |
09-Oct-2018 17:14 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
22-Apr-2019 19:05 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
25-Dec-2023 09:29 |
Rob Davis |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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