ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 2622
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| Date: | Monday 8 April 1940 |
| Time: | 09:00 |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 62 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L1101 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sabang, North Sumatra -
 Indonesia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Tengah, Singapore |
Bristol Blenheim Mk.1 L1101 of 62 Squadron; Aircraft written off (damaged beyond repair) when engine failed on shipping recon sortie from RAF Tengah, Singapore, and undershot when force landed at Sabang, Dutch East Indies 8 April 1940. All three crew - Leading Aircraftman E A Jones, Sergeant P H Brown and Sergeant S H Stafford - interned by Dutch Authorities at Fort De Kock, Sumatra; crew released and returned to unit, 14 May 1940.
(Registration reported by the newspapers as L1109; however that Blenheim was with 219 Squadron at RAF Catterick, North Yorkshire at the time)
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-L9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1978 p 6)
2. Bataviaasch nieuwsblad 09-04-1940
3. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/198: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14142023
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Feb-2008 12:05 | JINX | Added |
| 17-Jun-2013 17:43 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 17-Jun-2013 17:44 | Nepa | Updated [Source] |
| 06-Aug-2013 18:58 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Source] |
| 15-Dec-2014 14:34 | Jixon | Updated [Operator] |
| 18-Jan-2018 18:19 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Oct-2018 16:56 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 13-Jun-2019 17:26 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Jun-2019 17:34 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 05-Jul-2023 00:42 | Ron Averes | Updated [[Departure airport, Narrative]] |
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