ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53411
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| Date: | Thursday 20 March 1941 |
| Time: | 13:27 LT |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 82 (United Provinces) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R3604 |
| MSN: | UX-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 12 km NW of Terschelling, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bodney, Norfolk |
Took off from RAF Bodney at 11:09 LT for an anti-shipping operation. Shot down by Minenraumboot 64 and crashed into the sea off the Dutch coast. Sgt Adair has no known grave; his colleagues are buried in Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery, but were initially buried at Huisduinen, Noord-Holland:
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant John Henderson Kelly RAFVR 903258 [Killed]
Observer : Sergeant Graham Robert Wilson RNZAF NZ/40953 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Singleton Wilson Adair RAFVR 749453 [Killed]
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T0974&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 32.
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 March 1941 | L9389 | 82 (United Provinces) Sqn RAF | 3 | Marsdiep S of Texel, Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Apr-2016 19:11 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Photo, ] |
| 05-Apr-2016 18:13 | Black Jack | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 06-Jan-2018 13:56 | XindelX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 26-Sep-2018 08:59 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 02-May-2019 18:56 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Jun-2022 23:43 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 20-Mar-2024 07:37 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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