ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 191997
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| Date: | Sunday 12 May 1940 |
| Time: | 09:25 LT |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 15 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P6911 |
| MSN: | LS-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Munsterbilzen, 8 km SSE of Genk, Limburg -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Alconbury, Cambridgeshire |
Bristol Blenheim Mk.IV P6911 (LS-N) 15 Squadron, RAF: Written off (destroyed) 12 May 1940 on combat operations. Airborne from Alconbury briefed to destroy the strategic bridges over the Albert Kanaal, Maastricht. Crashed at 09:25 near Munsterbilzen, (Limburg), 8 km SSE of Genk, Belgium. Cause not established. 15 Squadron lost 7 of 12 aircraft sent on this raid, the returning 5 aircraft were all badly damaged. All three occupants died in the crash of the plane.
Crew of Blenheim P6911:
Sergeant (Observer) Douglas John Avent, RAF 566960, killed in action 12/05/1940
Flying Officer (Pilot) Albert E. Oakley, RAF 36132, age 25, killed in action 12/05/1940
Leading Aircraftman (Wireless Op./Air Gunner) Denis V. Woods, RAF 551566, age 19, killed in action 12/05/1940
All three crew members were buried at Munsterbilzen Communal Cemetery, Limburg, Belgium
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft P1000-P9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1978)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/295: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14142144
3. http://users.skynet.be/lostplanes.net/Mission-blenheim.htm
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2258926/avent,-douglas-john/
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2258927/oakley,-albert-edward/
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2258928/woods,-denis-victor/
7. http://www.luchtvaarterfgoed.be/content/monument-raf-crashes-12-mei-1940-blenheim-p6911-31-augustus-1941-hampden-ad859
8. http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/15_squadron.html#maastricht
9. http://www.oldhaltonians.co.uk/pages/rememb/ROH/30.htm
10. http://normandyhistorians.co.uk/warmemorial4.html
11. https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munsterbilzen
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Dec-2016 12:03 | gerard57 | Added |
| 15-Dec-2016 13:28 | gerard57 | Updated [Date] |
| 26-Jun-2019 22:14 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Jun-2019 22:18 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Jun-2019 05:29 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 28-Jun-2019 23:42 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Nov-2022 13:02 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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