ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52704
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| Date: | Tuesday 14 July 1942 |
| Time: | 01:18 LT |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 18 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | V6071 |
| MSN: | WV-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Amsterdamse Bos, Amstelveen, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wattisham |
Takeoff at 00:15 hrs for an intruder operation to Deelen airfield
The aircraft was coned by searchlights and engaged by light Flak of the coastal defences (6. & 10./Marine-Flak-Abteilung 808 & V./3./leichte Reserve-Flak-Abteilung 764) at 01:12-13. In the end, hit by Schiphol airfield Flak of the 1., 3. & 5./Reserve-Flak-Abteilung 242.
All three are buried at Amsterdam:
P/O (110823) Peter Cyprain Coulthard (pilot) RAFVR - killed (NCO:1239929 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 09 December, 1941)
Sgt (1380821) Arthur Dennis Meech (obs.) RAFVR - killed
P/O (134027) Plt Off Lyn George Lloyd Ward (WOp/AG ) RAFVR - killed (NCO:933066 Commission Gazetted : Friday 18 December, 1942)
Sources:
http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1695
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 10 May 1940 | L8860 | 18 Sqn RAF | 3 | near Kessel, Limburg | |
w/o |
| 11 April 1941 | T1829 | 18 Sqn RAF | 3 | North Sea off Westerland, Sylt, from the direction of Amrun. |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 17-Jul-2017 09:10 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Jan-2018 13:29 | XindelX | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 11-Feb-2018 22:57 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Feb-2018 09:46 | XindelXL | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 12-Feb-2018 16:46 | Red Dragon | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Feb-2018 15:00 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Mar-2018 22:45 | Red Dragon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 06-May-2020 09:27 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Jul-2023 06:31 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative]] |
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