Date:	Sunday 12 May 1940
Time:	20:40
Type:	Bristol Blenheim Mk IV
Owner/operator:	21 Sqn RAF
Registration:	L8739
MSN:	YH-D
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Meuse river, near Tongeren, Limburg. -   Netherlands
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Watton, Norfolk
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Blenheim L8739/D: Took off at 19:00 hrs for a combat operation over enemy occupied territory. 12/05/1940
Blenheim L8739 was lost on combat operations, hit by anti-aircraft fire and crashed. Shot down by Flak from 7,000 feet. Crashed at 20:40 hrs into the River Meuse, in the vicinity of Tongeren (Limburg), NL.

Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Arthur David Watson RAF 39249 [Killed]
Observer : Sergeant Alan Lawrence Fortescue Webb RAF 564469 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Leading Aircraftman Arthur Christopher Burgess RAF 544110 [Killed]

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-L9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1978 p 59)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/313: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14142162
3. http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/21_squadron.html#12
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1530842/burgess,-arthur-christopher/
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1809746/watson,-arthur-david/
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1531117/webb,-alan-lawrence-fortescue/
7. http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/raf-losses-may-1940-an-update.16940/page-4#post-195014
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meuse
9. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
02-Jul-2019 19:16	Dr. John Smith	Added
02-Jul-2019 19:16	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Narrative]
04-Jul-2019 06:42	stehlik49	Updated [Operator]
16-Jun-2022 07:58	Ron Averes	Updated [Location]
10-May-2024 14:53	Rob Davis	Updated [Source, Narrative]