ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 226047
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| Date: | Thursday 25 April 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 110 (Hyderabad) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N6214 |
| MSN: | VE-H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Ulvik, at Granvins Fjord -
 Norway
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lossiemouth, Morayshire |
Bristol Blenheim Mk.IV N6214 (VE-H) of 110 Sqaudron, RAF: Lost on combat operations 25 April 1940. Took off from RAF Lossiemouth on Anti shipping Ops to Ulvik in Upper Hardangerfjord. While attacking shipping near Ulvik at Granvins Fjord, N6214 crashed into the sea. All on board died.
Crew
Pilot: 564931 Sgt Wilbert Priestley - Runnymede Memorial Panel 18
Observer: 562742 Sgt William Trevor Howells - Sondre Nissum Cemetery Military Plot Row A Grave 2.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 540263 LAC Robert Arthur Roberts - Runnymede Memorial Panel 24.
Pilot Sgt Wilbert Priestley and Wireless Op/Air Gunner L.A.C. Robert Arthur Roberts have no known graves and are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. On 23 August 1940 at 10:00 hours the dead body of Observer Sgt. William Trevor Howells was found drifted ashore on the beach 1 km south of the Thorsminde Lock by Receiver of Wrecks Jens Madsen. On 25 August 1940 Howells was laid to rest in Søndre Nissum cemetery.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) file AIR 81/172: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14141973
3. http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/110_squadron.html
4. http://www.flensted.eu.com/194006.shtml
5. http://www.oldhaltonians.co.uk/pages/rememb/ROH/19.htm
6. https://www.airmen.dk/p006.htm
7. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2271504/howells,-william-trevor/
8. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1804689/priestley,-wilbert/
9. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2940355/roberts,-robert-arthur/ .
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jun-2019 22:18 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 10-Jun-2019 22:23 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Jun-2019 12:56 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 15-Jun-2019 21:55 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator] |
| 05-Jun-2022 17:26 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
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