Accident Bristol Blenheim Mk IV L9469,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53867
 
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Date:Friday 26 July 1940
Time:night
Type:Silhouette image of generic BLEN model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Bristol Blenheim Mk IV
Owner/operator:15 Sqn RAF
Registration: L9469
MSN: LS-
Fatalities:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Boschplaat nature reserve, Terschelling, Friesland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 23:30 LT for an operation against Eelde airfield.
Crashed under unknown circumstances.

Crew:
Pilot P/O. C.H. Robinson 70873 RAF Jonkerbos cemetery; 8 J 1
Observer P/O. A.L. McLaggan 77985 RAF Runnymede Memorial 9
Wo ag Sgt. L.J. Horton 543161 RAF Runnymede Memorial 15

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T0754&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
29-Jul-2019 17:16 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
30-Jul-2019 10:32 stehlik49 Updated [Operator]
14-Jun-2022 23:34 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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