ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 226702
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| Date: | Sunday 12 May 1940 |
| Time: | 09:25 LT |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 15 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P6914 |
| MSN: | LS-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Gellick, 12 km SE of Genk, Limburg -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Alconbury, Cambridgeshire |
Bristol Blenheim Mk.IV P6914 (LS-R) 15 Squadron, RAF: Written off (destroyed) when lost on combat operations. All three crew killed. According to the official Air Ministry report into the incident: "Blenheim P6914 crashed at Gellick, Belgium, 12 May 1940. Sergeant H R Hall, Sergeant E R Perrin and Leading Aircraftman P J McDonnell: report of deaths".
P6912 was one of seven 15 Squadron Blenheims lost on this operation. Airborne from Alconbury, briefed to destroy the strategic bridges over the Albert Kanaal at Maastricht. Crashed at Gellick (Limburg), 12 km SE of Genk, Belgium. Cause not established.
Crew of Blenheim P6914:
Sergeant (Pilot) Hubert Ronald Hall, RAF 564340, age 27, killed in action 12/05/1940
Sergeant (Observer) Edward R. Perrin, RAF 581058, age 23, killed in action 12/05/1940
Leading Aircrafman (Wireless Op./Air Gunner) Patrick J. McDonnell, RAF 538044, age 23, killed in action 12/05/1940
All three crew fatalities were buried at Hotton War Cemetery, Belgium
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft P1000-P9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1978)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/304: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14142153
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2726467/hall,-hubert-ronald/
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2726683/perrin,-edward-reuben/
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2726589/mcdonnell,-patrick-joseph/
6. http://www.belgians-remember-them.eu/crash-lim-gell2.php
7. http://www.oldhaltonians.co.uk/pages/rememb/ROH/21.htm
8. http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/15_squadron.html
9. http://users.skynet.be/lostplanes.net/recovery%20blenheim.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Jul-2019 01:06 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 01-Jul-2019 05:45 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 08-Nov-2022 13:02 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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