ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53902
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| Date: | Thursday 27 June 1940 |
| Time: | 15:15 |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IVF |
| Owner/operator: | 235 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P6957 |
| MSN: | QY-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea NNW of Egmond aan Zee, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bircham Newton |
Takeoff at 12:55 LT for a recce flight over the IJsselmeer lake.
Shot down by fighter pilot Hauptmann Hubertus von Bonin of the Stab I./JG 54, who was flying a Bf 109E from Eindhoven airfield.
Crew:
Pilot P/O. P. Weil 41971 RAF Germany 23-A-1 - buried Becklingen War Cem
Observer Sgt. S.K. Bartlett 755198 RAF Den Haag 3-49 - washed up Den Haag 8 Jul 40
Wo ag Sgt. A. Kempster 627208 RAF Jonkerbos 19 H 6 - washed up near Egmond 20 Jul 40
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T0732&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/235_squadron.html
LW Claims by Michael Balss
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 12 June 1940 | N3627 | 254 Sqn RAF | 3 | west of Romsdalsfjord, Romsdal district of Møre og Romsdal county. |  |
w/o |
| 25 June 1940 | N3604 | 254 Sqn RAF | 3 | Østhusvik, Rennesøy, Rogaland, off Stavanger | |
w/o |
| 6 July 1940 | L8842 | 254 Sqn RAF | 1 | North Sea, 30 miles West of Bergen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 03-Apr-2012 11:00 | rvargast17 | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Jun-2012 12:15 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport] |
| 29-Sep-2015 07:59 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 06-Oct-2018 06:05 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 24-Jun-2019 17:32 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Jun-2019 17:56 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 18-Jun-2022 14:15 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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