ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52940
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| Date: | Friday 27 March 1942 |
| Time: | 22:28 |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 114 (Hong Kong) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z7276 |
| MSN: | RT-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Djimat estate, Zeist, Utrecht -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF West Raynham, Norfolk (takeoff at 19:15 LT) |
Shot down by Flak at 22:28 hrs while attacking Soesterberg airfield on an intruder mission. Crashed on the Dijmat Estate Utrecht Netherlands.
Crew
Pilot: 72517 Wg Cdr John Fraser Grant Jenkins DSO. DFC - Amersfoort (OUD LEUSDEN) General Cemetery Plot 13. Row 2. Grave 22.
Observer: 84026 Fg Off Henry Paul Brackner - Amersfoort (OUD LEUSDEN) General Cemetery Plot 13. Row 2. Grave 24 (NCO:968021 Commission Gazetted : Friday 20 September, 1940)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 626019 Sgt Charles Henry Gray DFM - Amersfoort (OUD LEUSDEN) General Cemetery Plot 13. Row 2. Grave 23
Sources:
http://www.nimh.nl/nl/images/1942%20sec_tcm5-7283.pdf
http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1457
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1942.
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 11 November 1939 | N6150 | 114 Sqn RAF | 3 | North Sea, off Heligoland |  |
w/o |
| Mid-air collision | ||||||
| 19 August 1941 | V6366 | 114 (Hong Kong) Sqn RAF | 2 | North Sea 35 km NW of Vlieland, Friesland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 25-Mar-2017 10:34 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Nov-2017 22:11 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Jan-2018 12:46 | XindelX | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 26-Sep-2018 08:45 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 16-Apr-2020 08:47 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport] |
| 17-Jun-2022 02:00 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 27-Mar-2024 08:51 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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