ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 229776
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| Date: | Friday 5 July 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 114 (Hong Kong) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R3804 |
| MSN: | RT-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Senden, Coesfeld, North Rhine-Westphalia -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wattisham, Suffolk |
| RAF Wattisham, Suffolk |
Bristol Blenheim Mk.IV R3804 (RT-P) 114 Sqaudron, RAF: Written off (destroyed) when lost (Failed To Return) from combat operations over Germany. All three crew killed. According to the official Air Ministry file into the incident (File AIR 81/1018): "Blenheim R3804 crashed at Senden, Germany, 5 July 1940. Sergeant G Rimmer, Sergeant R J S Ellicott and Pilot Officer A Stewart: report of deaths"
Airborne from RAF Wattisham to attack targets in the Munster area, and possibly the Dortmund-Ems canal. Shot down by Flak/AAA ground fire. Aircraft crashed at Senden, North Rhine-Westphalia, situated in the east of the district of Coesfeld, approx. 15 km south-west of the city of Münster. No survivors among the crew of three.
Crew of Blenheim R3804:
Sergeant George Rimmer (Observer) RAF 580587, aged 20 - killed in action 05/07/1940
Sergeant Reginald John Spurway Ellicott (Wireless Op./Air Gunner) RAF 552585, aged 19 - killed in action 05/07/1940
Pilot Officer Alan Stewart (Pilot) RAF 41330 - killed in action 05/07/1940
All three crew fatalities were buried at the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft R1000-R9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1980 p 24)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/1018: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14502857
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senden
4. https://www.kgv.ac.uk/files/files/kgvroh.pdf
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2041462/rimmer,-george/
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2031160/ellicott,-reginald-john-spurway/
7. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2046163/stewart,-alan/
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 12 August 1941 | Z7281 | 114 (Hong Kong) Sqn RAF | 3 | Westerschelde off Vlissingen, Zeeland |  |
w/o |
| 22 July 1942 | Z7319 | 114 (Hong Kong) Sqn RAF | 3 | North Sea off the Holland coast. | |
mis |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Oct-2019 20:48 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 06-Oct-2019 20:49 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 06-Oct-2019 20:49 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 08-Oct-2019 11:07 | juza7 | Updated [Operator] |
| 04-Nov-2019 10:57 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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