ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53407
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| Date: | Sunday 23 March 1941 |
| Time: | 18:52 |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IVf |
| Owner/operator: | 235 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L9404 |
| MSN: | LA-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | North Sea 10 km west of Hoek van Holland, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bircham Newton, Norfolk |
Blenheim L9404: Takeoff at 15:40 hrs for an anti-shipping operation. 23/03/1941
Shot down by fighter pilot Unteroffizier J. Schubert of the 3./JG 1 (based at De Kooy airfield), who was flying a Bf 109E. Aircraft missing /crashed North Sea 10 km west of Hoek van Holland,
Crew:
Sgt (745506) Cecil Roy EVANS (pilot) RAF - killed
Sgt (970533) Eric Harold HARVEY (Obs.) RAF - killed
Sgt (553787) George Sutherland Murray MACLEOD (Wop/AG) RAF - killed
Sources:
1.Blenheim IV L9404 AIR81/5537
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T0974C&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Jagdgeschwader/JG1.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 19-Dec-2011 10:34 | rvargast17 | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Other fatalities, Phase, Narrative] |
| 28-Jun-2012 03:17 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
| 15-Aug-2013 05:47 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 28-Oct-2014 15:12 | Jixon | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
| 06-Oct-2018 06:09 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 02-May-2019 19:10 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 01-Oct-2022 09:29 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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