ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53232
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| Date: | Tuesday 12 August 1941 |
| Time: | 13:20 LT |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 114 (Hong Kong) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z7281 |
| MSN: | RT-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Westerschelde off Vlissingen, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF West Raynham, Norfolk |
| RAF West Raynham |
Took off from RAF West Raynham at 0910 hrs for an operation against the Knapsack power station at Hürth in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.
On return, the aircraft was damaged by light Flak and by fighter pilot Oberleutnant Kurt Ruppert of the 9./JG 26 (based at Crécy-en-Ponthieu airfield in France), who was flying a Bf 109F.
Sgt Stead has no known grave, but his two companions were taken northwards by the tides and both rest in Sage War Cemetery:
Sgt D J Wheatley (KIA)
Sgt J L West (KIA)
Sgt J Stead (KIA)
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1176&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 113.
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Jagdgeschwader/JG26.htm
LW Claims by Michael Balss
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 5 July 1940 | R3804 | 114 (Hong Kong) Sqn RAF | 3 | Senden, Coesfeld, North Rhine-Westphalia |  |
w/o |
| 22 July 1942 | Z7319 | 114 (Hong Kong) Sqn RAF | 3 | North Sea off the Holland coast. | |
mis |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 04-May-2016 06:43 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Jan-2018 12:27 | XindelX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 26-Sep-2018 08:49 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 19-Feb-2020 21:23 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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