ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 284922
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| Date: | Sunday 25 May 1941 |
| Time: | 08:15 |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 18 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L8864 |
| MSN: | WV-W |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | the sea 30 metres from the beach near Groyne, sea off Thyborøn. -
 Denmark
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Oulton, Norfolk |
Blenheim L8864/W: Took off at 05:50 hrs for a Anti shipping patrol off the Danish west coast. 25/05/1941.
Together with five more Blenheims L8864 was on a anti shipping operation off the Danish west coast.
At 08:10hrs L8864 and two more aircrafts attacked Battery Agger and the German ship “Wall 11”a 1500 ton cargo ship. from 50 meters height without doing any damage to any of them.
While attacking Battery Agger the aircraft was hit in the right hand engine and started burning. It turned towards south west while under maschine gun fire from Fliegerwache I./336 Thyborøn. L8864 now dropped 7 bombs near Flugsicherungsboote “Wall 11” and then crashed into the sea 30 metres from the beach near Groyne no. 49.
Sgt Harris was picked up from the sea by a Danish fishingboat and brought to Thyborøn. He was only slightly wounded and was POW.
Crew:
Sgt (968147) Ernest George BAKER (Obs.) RAFVR - killed, burried at Lemvig Kirkegard, Denmark.
Sgt (926082) Frank WOOD (Pilot) RAFVR - killed, burried at Lemvig Kirkegard, Denmark.
Sgt (976936) Cyril Norman HARRIS (WOp/AG) RAFVR - POW
Sources:
1.Blenheim L8864 AIR81/6614
2. faldne allierede flyvere 1939-1945 (Anders Bjornvad)
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 16 May 1940 | L9187 | 18 Sqn RAF | 1 | Bellevue Farm, between Gouy and Beaurevoir, Aisne |  |
w/o |
| 16 July 1941 | Z7496 | 18 Sqn RAF | 3 | Rotterdamseweg, Delft, Zuid-Holland |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Oct-2022 15:14 | Nepa | Added [Operator] |
| 27-Apr-2024 12:34 | Anon. | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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