ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 54075
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| Date: | Sunday 12 May 1940 |
| Time: | 07:55 |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 235 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L9189 |
| MSN: | LA-O |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kloosterweg road, Brielle, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Manston, Kent |
Bristol Blenheim Mk.IV L9189 (LA-O) of 235 Squadron, RAF: Lost on combat operations - officially described as "Blenheim L9189 crashed during air operations over the Hook of Holland, 12 May 1940". This plane took off at 05.00 hrs from Manston in company with other aircraft of the squadron to cover troop landings at The Hague and was attacked by eight Bf 109s of II/JG27 at 07:55 hrs. Both the observer and the air gunner were killed in the attack and P/O Norman A. Savill ('Norm') baled out of the burning aircraft at low altitude. On landing on farmland along the Kloosterweg between Brielle and Oostvoome, P/O Savill was captured by Dutch soldiers who were convinced that he was German and made preparations to shoot him. Despite being badly wounded and covered in bums he managed to convince them that he was an RAF officer and was taken to Vlaardingen hospital. He spent the war in German captivity, mainly as Stalag Luft III from March 1941, having spent nine months in hospital recovering from his injuries
Crew:
Pilot Officer (Pilot) Norman A. Savill, PoW
Sergeant (Observer) Henry R. Sunderland, RAFVR 755141, age 23, killed in action 12/05/1940, buried at Oostvoorne Protestant Cemetery, Netherlands
Leading Aircraftman (Wireless Op./Air Gunner) Roy H. Tyler, RAF 552475, age 19, killed in action 12/05/1940, buried at Oostvoorne Protestant Cemetery, Netherlands
In August 1967 parts of Blenheim L9189 were recovered by a party from the Royal Netherlands Air Force at Rozenburg.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-L9999 (James J. Halley, Air Brtian, 1978)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/249: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14142074
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2635500/sunderland,-henry-raven/
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2635501/tyler,-roy-harry/
5. http://www.nimh.nl/nl/images/1940%20sec_tcm5-7281.pdf
6. https://sites.google.com/site/wo2vpr1/home/1940-05-12-blenheim-iv
7. http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/235_squadron.html
8. http://historischhoekvanholland.nl/?p=861
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 09-Feb-2014 13:48 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Sep-2015 05:43 | sandman56 | Updated [Narrative] |
| 06-Oct-2018 06:03 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 19-Jun-2019 21:18 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Mar-2020 11:44 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location] |
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