ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53400
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| Date: | Friday 4 April 1941 |
| Time: | afternoon |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 82 (United Provinces) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L9270 |
| MSN: | UX-X |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 30 km W of Bergen aan Zee, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bodney |
Took off from RAF Bodney at 12:50 hrs to patrol Beat F off the Dutch coast, an anti-shipping operation. Lost without trace, possibly shot down by a fighter.
All are commemorated on panel 43 of the Runnymede Memorial:
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Albert Victor Message Farns RAFVR 754014 [Killed]
Observer : Sergeant William Watson Fox RAFVR 973020 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Norman Augustus Geer RAFVR 903398 [Killed]
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T0981A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 37.
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 June 1940 | P6910 | 82 (United Provinces) Sqn RAF | 1 | Courgivaux (Marne), 5 km WSW of Esternay, |  |
w/o |
| 13 August 1940 | R3800 | 82 (United Provinces) Sqn RAF | 1 | Limfjord, near Aalborg airfield, Fliegerhorst Aalborg West |  |
w/o |
| 10 January 1942 | V6440 | 82 (United Provinces) Sqn RAF | 3 | Postweg / Schoolweg Soesterberg, Utrecht | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Apr-2016 19:14 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Apr-2016 18:13 | Black Jack | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 06-Jan-2018 13:56 | XindelX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 26-Sep-2018 08:58 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 10-Apr-2019 20:13 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Jul-2019 06:04 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time] |
| 22-Jun-2022 16:23 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 04-Apr-2024 06:57 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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