ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53900
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| Date: | Thursday 27 June 1940 |
| Time: | 16:20 LT |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 82 (United Provinces) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R3731 |
| MSN: | UX-Y |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Woudenbergseweg 54, Zeist, Utrecht -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Watton, Norfolk |
Takeoff for an operation to northwest Germany.
Shot down by fighter pilot Oberleutnant G.S. Schneider (Staffelkapitän of 3./JG 21), who was flying a Bf 109 E-1 from Soesterberg airfield. The Luftwaffe pilot did not survive this encounter either. The Messerschmitt was hit by return fire from the upper turret gunner and dived straight into the ground near Soesterberg.
Crew:
Pilot P/O. R.A. Percy 42640 RAF Zeist 1105
Observer Sgt. A.A. Stanley RAF Survived POW
Wo ag Sgt. A.M. Clark 749331 RAF Zeist 1106
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T0733&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
book 'Vliegvelden in Oorlogstijd'
Google Maps
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T0735&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 May 1940 | P4898 | 82 (United Provinces) Sqn RAF | 3 | Missing, Unknown |  |
mis |
| 12 August 1941 | T2437 | 82 (United Provinces) Sqn RAF | 3 | Strijensas, Zuid-Holland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 24-Jun-2019 17:40 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Jun-2019 17:41 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 24-Jun-2019 17:42 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Jun-2019 05:40 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 17-Sep-2019 15:47 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 14-Jun-2022 11:32 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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