Date:	Tuesday 12 August 1941
Time:	13:28
Type:	Bristol Blenheim Mk IV
Owner/operator:	18 Sqn RAF
Registration:	V6497
MSN:	WV-U
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	North Sea south of Vlissingen, Zeeland -   Netherlands
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Horsham St. Faith, Norfolk
Destination airport:	RAF Horsham St Faith

Narrative:
Blenheim V6497: Took off at 09:25 hrs for an operation against the Knapsack power station at Hürth in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. 12/08/1941
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was hit by fighter pilot ObLt. Hubertus von Holtey of the Stab/JG 26 (based at Audembert airfield in France) and ditched in the North Sea, after clearing the Dutch coast.
Crew:
F/O (J/3729) Adam Francis Hirst MILLS (pilot) RCAF - POW
P/O (62302) William Arthur STANILAND (Obs.) RAF - POW
Sgt (916027) Leslie Charles MITCHELL (WOp/AG) RAFVR - POW

1.https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl
2.http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Jagdgeschwader/JG26.htm
3.LW Claims by Michael Balss
4.Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
17-Dec-2008 11:45	ASN archive	Added
03-May-2016 20:22	Red Dragon	Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
06-Jan-2018 13:29	XindelX	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative]
19-Feb-2020 21:28	TigerTimon	Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative]