ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 225881
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| Date: | Sunday 25 February 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 18 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L1444 |
| MSN: | WV-K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Donna Nook Bombing Range, East Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Metz, France |
| RAF North Coates, Lincolnshire |
Bristol Blenheim Mk.1 L1444 (WV-K) of 18 Squadron, RAF: crashed on return from a reconnaissance flight, Donna Brook, Lincolnshire, 25 February 1940. The crew took off from France in L1444 on a reconnaissance flight over Germany and Sgt. John Potter was responsible for taking the photographs.
The aircraft was damaged by enemy action over Germany and after crossing the North Sea, crash landed at the Donna Nook Bombing Range, East Lindsey, near North Coates in Lincolnshire on its return.
Crew of Blenheim L1444
P/O J A E MONETTE (pilot) RAF injured.
Sgt (562838) John Abraham Humphries POTTER (Obs.) RAF - killed in action
LAC A N WHITEHALL (WOp/AG) RAF: Ok
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-L9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1978 p 9)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/94: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14141916
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2723241/potter,-john-abraham-humphries/
4. http://sussexhistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=15558.0
5. http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Sussex/EastGrinsteadWW2.html
6. https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/33496/
7. http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Sussex/Willingdon.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 11 May 1940 | L1405 | 18 Sqn RAF | 2 | Breyell, Nettetal, district of Viersen in North Rhine-Westphalia |  |
w/o |
| 16 June 1941 | V6512 | 18 Sqn RAF | 3 | North Sea, off Hoek van Holland, Zuid-Holland |  |
w/o |
| 23 July 1941 | R3666 | 18 Sqn RAF | 3 | North Sea off Camperduin, Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Jun-2019 14:51 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 08-Jun-2019 10:43 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
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