ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 163710
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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: | L1515 |
| MSN: | BQ-L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hoogvliet, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Manston, Kent |
Blenheim L1515/L: 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 L1514/O (F/O Hayes and Cpl Holmes) escaped with heavy damage.
Blenheim L1515/L: Failed to return from air operations over Rotterdam /Waalhaven. 10/05/1940
Crew:
P/O (90497) Michael Herbert ANDERSON (pilot) RAF - killed
LAC (800567) Herbert Charles William HAWKINS (obs.) RAF - killed
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-L9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/222.
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead
4. http://600 squadronassociation.com
5. https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Feb-2014 15:21 | Nepa | Added |
| 20-Jan-2016 17:35 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 21-Jan-2016 17:29 | Django | Updated [Operator] |
| 26-Sep-2018 09:18 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 17-Jun-2019 18:21 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Sep-2019 11:15 | ALAN MACKAY | Updated [Cn] |
| 13-Mar-2020 13:15 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Mar-2020 08:58 | DB | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, Operator] |
| 06-Oct-2021 08:29 | harro | Updated [Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 13-Jun-2022 20:37 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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