ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53137
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| Date: | Thursday 18 September 1941 |
| Time: | 11:15 LT |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 88 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | V6380 |
| MSN: | RH-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 11 miles N of Blankenberge, West Flanders -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Attlebridge |
| RAF Attlebridge |
Mission : Anti-Shipping. Took off from RAF Attlebridge at 0940 hrs to patrol Beat 9.
While attacking a tanker off the Belgian coast, shot down by Oberfeldwebel Willi Roth of the 4./JG 26 based at Moorseele airfield. Two are buried in cemeteries in the Netherlands:
Pilot P/O. B.E. Hislop 26 years old RAAF / Runnymede Memorial
Second Pilot P/O. R.M. Burlinson 23 years old RCAF / Amsterdam NOB cemetery / from USA
Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner Sgt. M.A. Stratton 30 years old RAF / Bergen op Zoom cemetery
Sources:
SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T1266A
royal air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 148
https://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Jagdgeschwader/JG26.htm
LW claims by Michael Balss
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-May-2016 19:31 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Feb-2018 09:28 | XindelXL | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 09-Oct-2018 17:06 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 21-Jun-2022 00:15 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Country] |
| 26-Jun-2022 09:45 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 26-Jun-2022 09:46 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 03-Oct-2022 13:38 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Oct-2022 13:39 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source] |
| 14-Nov-2022 05:07 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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