ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 225720
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| Date: | Thursday 28 September 1939 |
| Time: | c. 09:00 |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 110 (Hyderabad) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N6212 |
| MSN: | VE-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Osnabrück, Lower Saxony -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wattisham, Suffolk |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Bristol Blenheim Mk.1 N6212 (VE-F) of 110 Squadron RAF: Written off (destroyed) 28 September 1939 on combat operations. Took off from RAF Wattisham, Suffolk, at 07.40 for Reconnaissance Sortie in the Munster area. N6212 was intercepted and shot down by a German pilot, Feldwebel Klaus Faber, of 1/JG 1, Luftwaffe. The Blenheim crashed at Osnabruck, Lower Saxony, Germany. All three crew were killed: pilot, Wing Commander Cameron is buried at Reichswald Forest Cemetery, Kleve in Germany. He was the first Australian pilot to be killed in WW II
Crew of Blenheim N6212
Acting Wing Commander Ivan Monteath Cameron (Pilot, aged 23, Service Number 157298) - killed in action
Sergeant Thomas Cecil Hammond (Observer, aged 27, Service Number 562535) - killed in action
Aircraftman 1st Class Thomas Fullerton (Wireless Op/Air gunner, Service Number 522192) - killed in action
NOTE: The official file on the incident (File AIR 81/15) give the crash location as "Osnabrück", but most published sources state "near Kiel" (the two locations are some 318 km apart)
Sources:
1. Halley J J Air Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) AIR 81/15: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14141994
3. http://www.oldhaltonians.co.uk/pages/rememb/ROH/18.htm
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2840744/cameron,-ian-monteath/
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2031915/hammond,-thomas-cecil/
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2031496/fullerton,-thomas/
7. http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/the-first-briton-to-die-in-ww2.14664/#post-164348
8. http://www.militarian.com/threads/raf-australians-wing-commander-ivan-mcleod-cameron.5839/
9. http://gnet.geelongcollege.vic.edu.au:8080/wiki/Print.aspx?Page=CAMERON-Ivan-McLeod-1908-1939
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2019 19:29 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 03-Jun-2019 12:31 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 15-Jun-2019 21:55 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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