ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 305929
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| Date: | Tuesday 1 July 1941 |
| Time: | 12:48 |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | V6258 |
| MSN: | XD-L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea, 60 km, north-west of Vlieland in the Dutch Frisian Islands. -
 Netherlands
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Horsham St. Faith, Norfolk |
| RAF Horsham St.Faith |
Blenheim V6258/L: Took off at 08:48 hrs for a bombing raid Oldenburg Power Station. 01/07/1941
After nothing more was heard of the aircraft. The aircraft were due over the target about 11:00 hrs.
At about 12:00 hrs on 1st July 1941 Blenheim V6258 reported in that they had been damaged over Oldenburg near Bremen and were going to ditch in the North Sea, north-west of Terschelling Island. The aircraft had indented twice, but nothing further was heard or seen.
At 12:26 hrs, the already damaged Blenheim V6258 was attacked by a Messerschmitt Bf 109F piloted by Fw. Fredriech-Karl ‘Frika’ Bachmann of 3/JG 52 based at Leeuwarden, Holland and Sgt. Kenneth Fenton successfully managed to ditch at 12:48 hrs, 60 km, north-west of Vlieland in the Dutch Frisian Islands in the North Sea at position 4435 and crew used their dinghy to affect a rescue.
Crew:
Sgt (1053472) Kenneth FENTON (pilot) RAFVR - Ok /POW
Sgt (948385) Alan Andrew FULLER (Obs) RAFVR - Ok /POW
Sgt (1250068) Robert William MCDONALD (WOp/AG) RAFVR - injured /POW
Sources:
1.https://kenfentonswar.com/139-jamaica-squadron/
2.Blenheim production list
3.ORB 139 Sqdn RAF
4.AIR81/7290
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 12 May 1940 | N6229 | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF | 3 | Vroenhoven, Limburg. |  |
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