ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53238
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| Date: | Tuesday 12 August 1941 |
| Time: | 12:10 |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 82 (United Provinces) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | T2437 |
| MSN: | UX-Y |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Strijensas, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bodney |
| RAF Bodney |
Takeoff at 09:50 LT for an operation against the Quadrath Fortuna power station at Köln in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. En route, the aircraft was damaged by Flak.
The three crew members are buried at Strijen:
Pilot P/O. G.C. Rolland 67674 RAF / grave 9
Observer P/O. H.M. Clark 69469 RAF / grave 10
Observer Sgt. E. Bainbridge 1113021 RAF / grave 11
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1170&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
http://wo2-hoekschewaard.nl/luchtoorlog/overzicht-vliegtuigen-betrokken-bij-luchtoorlog-hoeksche-waard/
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 113.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 May 1940 | P4898 | 82 (United Provinces) Sqn RAF | 3 | Missing, Unknown |  |
mis |
| 27 June 1940 | R3731 | 82 (United Provinces) Sqn RAF | 2 | Woudenbergseweg 54, Zeist, Utrecht | |
w/o |
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 31-Jan-2015 11:01 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-May-2016 20:05 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Jan-2018 13:56 | XindelX | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 26-Sep-2018 08:51 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 19-Feb-2020 21:14 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
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