ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52984
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| Date: | Thursday 12 February 1942 |
| Time: | 17:40 |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 114 (Hong Kong) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | T1922 |
| MSN: | RT-K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea near Walcheren, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF West Raynham, Norfolk |
Takeoff time: 14:10hrs. Shot down during attack on Gneisenau and Scharnhorst.
The aircraft was piloted by Pilot Officer Robert Elmer Drysdale, a Canadian, and crewed by Sergeant Arthur Stanley Maynard, an Englishman, and Sergeant John Standeford Pullen, an Australian. They were attacking three German battleships, the Scharnhorst, Gsnieu and Prinz Eugen which were escaping from Brest through the channel to Germany in Operation Ceberus as Germany called it and Operation Fuller as the Allies called it. While figures vary, it appears that over 600 aircraft were launched in atrocious winter weather with 1000 foot ceilings to attack the ships. Very few, around 40, found them and 15 or so were shot down attacking the ships and others lost in aerial combat. PO Drysdale and Sgt. Maynard are buried in the Flushing Military Cemetery in Holland. Sgt. Pullen's body was never recovered.
Crew:
Pilot P/O. R.E. Drysdale J/5792 RCAF Vlissingen C 4
Observer Sgt. A.S. Maynard 1065233 RAF Hoek van Holland F 25
Wo ag Sgt. J.S. Pullen 920723 RAF Runnymede Memorial 91
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1406&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
bomber Command Losses 1942
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 11 November 1939 | N6145 | 114 Sqn RAF | 3 | North Sea, off Heligoland |  |
w/o |
| Mid-air collision | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 07-Feb-2012 23:37 | Droynick | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 11-Feb-2017 19:26 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator] |
| 05-Nov-2017 13:38 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Destination airport, Source] |
| 05-Nov-2017 13:39 | Red Dragon | Updated [Operator] |
| 06-Jan-2018 12:46 | XindelX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Destination airport] |
| 06-Jan-2018 21:59 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Jan-2018 12:20 | XindelX | Updated [Cn, Operator, Narrative] |
| 26-Sep-2018 08:46 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 04-Nov-2019 18:11 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location] |
| 15-Jun-2022 16:21 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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