ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53378
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| Date: | Monday 9 June 1941 |
| Time: | 16:00 LT |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 18 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | V6427 |
| MSN: | WV-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea near Den Helder, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Oulton |
| RAF Oulton |
Mission-Anti-Shipping. Took off from RAF Oulton at 1516 hrs. Last seen at 1543 hrs entering a fog bank west of Texel island. The aircraft was probably shot down by fighter pilot Feldwebel Heinz Ahnert of the 3./JG 52, who was flying a Bf 109 F-2 from Leeuwarden airfield.
At 0100 hrs on 3rd July 1941 the MV Maso recovered the body of Sgt Box. He now rests in Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery; his crew being commemorated on the panels of the Runnymede Memorial:
Pilot - Sgt L B Box +
Observer - Plt Off P Molloy +
WO/AG - Sgt G K Bass +
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1044&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
LW claims by Michael Balss
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 63.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 January 1940 | L1410 | 18 Sqn RAF | 1 | Hagbenden in Eynatten, near Eupen, Liège |  |
w/o |
| Collision with pole or wires | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 11-Apr-2016 07:53 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Dec-2017 17:55 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 06-Jan-2018 12:46 | XindelX | Updated [Operator] |
| 08-Jun-2019 08:03 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
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