ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 2664
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| Date: | Monday 6 November 1939 |
| Time: | morning |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 57 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L1145 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | St. Johann, near Bad Kreuznach, 33 km SW of Mainz (Rhl.-Pfalz) -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Metz, France |
| Metz, France | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Airborne 10:30 for reconnaisance to Siegfried Line. Shot down by Bf.109 at St. Johann, a municipality in the district of Reutlingen in Baden-Württemberg near Bad Kreuznach, 33 km SW of Mainz, in Germany (at approximate Coordinates: 48°27′10″N 09°20′35″E)
Crew:
Pilot:Pilot Officer 39890 Alexander Donald Morton 27 RAF killed.
Pilot:Sgt 514006 Geoffrey Storr 26 RAF killed.
Wireless Op/Air Gunner: AC.1 543541 Frederick Albert Twinning 19 RAF killed.
Pilot Officer Morton is also commemorated on a family grave in the churchyard of the church of Saints Peter and Paul, Ewhurst. Surrey. See source 8.
Sources:
1. Air-Britain: Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/40: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14142123
3. http://www.lostbombers.co.uk/bomber.php?id=4882
4. https://57-630sqnassoc.org/57-1939/
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2048251/morton,-alexander-donald/
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2032910/storr,-geoffrey/
7. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2033077/twinning,-frederick-albert/
8. https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/76038
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2008 03:08 | JINX | Added |
| 25-Feb-2008 03:12 | JINX | Updated |
| 22-Jun-2008 21:47 | JINX | Updated |
| 26-Jun-2013 19:21 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 17-Jul-2013 19:55 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Source] |
| 15-Dec-2014 10:56 | Jixon | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 06-Oct-2018 15:23 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 03-Jun-2019 22:20 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Jun-2019 04:13 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 25-Jan-2020 14:03 | Uli Elch | Updated [Location] |
| 22-Jun-2023 10:47 | Richard | Updated [[Location]] |
| 04-Jul-2023 14:28 | Richard | Updated [[[Location]]] |
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