ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53085
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| Date: | Monday 27 October 1941 |
| Time: | 15:06 |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 114 (Hong Kong) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | V5888 |
| MSN: | RT-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 15 km northwest of Texel island, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF West Raynham, Norfolk |
| RAF West Raynham |
Mission : Anti-Shipping. Took off from RAF west Raynham at 13:05 hrs.
The aircraft was shot down by Leutnant Dinger of the 4./JG 53 (who was flying a Bf 109F from Leeuwarden airfield) while attacking shipping west of Texel island; crashed 15:06 hrs into the sea west of Texel. Sgt Kennedy is buried in Westerschelling General Cemetery Terschelling. His two companions have no known grave and are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial:
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant James Wilson Bradley RAFVR 1255817 [Killed]
Observer : Pilot Officer Raymond Herbert Batten RAFVR 100045 [Killed] (NCO:920593 Commission Gazetted : Friday 25 July, 1941)
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Eric Douglas Kennedy RAFVR 919756 [Killed]
Sources:
SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T1318
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Jagdgeschwader/Inhalt.htm
Royal Air force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 169.
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 June 1942 | R3620 | 114 (Hong Kong) Sqn RAF | 3 | Buschbell, Frechen, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 14-May-2016 09:50 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Jan-2018 12:31 | XindelX | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 06-Jan-2018 12:46 | XindelX | Updated [Narrative] |
| 26-Sep-2018 08:39 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 10-Apr-2020 13:44 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Jun-2022 05:11 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 03-Oct-2022 19:50 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Source] |
| 03-Jun-2023 12:08 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Location, Source]] |
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