ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53022
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| Date: | Saturday 10 January 1942 |
| Time: | 20:50 |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 82 (United Provinces) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | V6440 |
| MSN: | UX-X |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Postweg / Schoolweg Soesterberg, Utrecht -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bodney |
Took off from RAF Bodney at 17:28 hrs on an Intruder mission to Soesterberg airfield. Shot down by gemischte Flak-Abteilung 155 (o) after attacking Soesterberg airfield. The crew are all buried in Leusden General Cemetery Amersfoort.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Kenneth Howell Nash 41310 RAF Amersfoort 13 2 18
Observer : Sergeant Harry Chapman Downs NZ/39965 RNZAF Amersfoort 13 2 20
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Edgar Frederick John Cooper 1102279 RAFVR Amersfoort 13 2 19
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1374&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Bomber Command Losses 1942.
ORB 82 Sqdn RAF
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 June 1940 | P6910 | 82 (United Provinces) Sqn RAF | 1 | Courgivaux (Marne), 5 km WSW of Esternay, |  |
w/o |
| 13 August 1940 | R3800 | 82 (United Provinces) Sqn RAF | 1 | Limfjord, near Aalborg airfield, Fliegerhorst Aalborg West |  |
w/o |
| 4 April 1941 | L9270 | 82 (United Provinces) Sqn RAF | 3 | North Sea 30 km W of Bergen aan Zee, Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 20-Jun-2013 09:13 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 12-Nov-2017 18:32 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Dec-2017 14:58 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Dec-2017 19:38 | XindelX | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Dec-2017 22:07 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 06-Jan-2018 14:04 | XindelX | Updated [Cn, Operator, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 26-Sep-2018 08:40 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 10-Jan-2024 07:46 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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