ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53108
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| Date: | Sunday 12 October 1941 |
| Time: | 14:26 LT |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 82 (United Provinces) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | V5824 |
| MSN: | UX-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea off Zandvoort, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bodney |
| RAF Bodney |
Takeoff at 11:55 hrs for an anti-shipping operation & failed to return.
The aircraft was shot down by Flakship V1107 of the 11. Vorpostenflottille. Sgt Banks is buried in Westduin General Cemetery; the rest are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial:
Sgt J J Ashurst (KIA)
Sgt T V Steele (KIA)
Sgt R J Banks (KIA)
Sources:
SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T1290
Google Maps
Royal Air Force bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 158.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 July 1940 | R3701 | 82 (United Provinces) Sqn RAF | 3 | North Sea near Schiermonnikoog, Friesland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 10-May-2016 16:53 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Dec-2017 18:12 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 06-Jan-2018 13:56 | XindelX | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 26-Sep-2018 08:38 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 07-Apr-2020 15:40 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Oct-2022 16:51 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
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