Date:	Sunday 2 June 1940
Time:	07:00
Type:	Bristol Blenheim Mk IV
Owner/operator:	107 Sqn RAF
Registration:	P4919
MSN:	OM-J
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Wattisham, Suffolk, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Wattisham, Suffolk
Destination airport:	RAF Wattisham

Narrative:
Blenheim P4919/J: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 2 June 1940 when crash landed on return from a combat operation. All three crew survived, but one was injured. According to the official Air Ministry file into the incident (File AIR 81/752): "Blenheim P4919 damaged by enemy action, 2 June 1940. Sergeant D S Harrison: injured"

Blenheim 4919: Took off at 03:46 hrs for an Bomb enemy troop columns and installations in the area of Gravelines, approximately 15 miles SW of Dunkirk. Badly damaged by Flak over the target area and crash landed at 07:00 hrs on return to RAF Wattisham. As stated above, aircraft a write off, but all three crew Ok.
Crew:
F/Sgt (563921) John Hart RATCLIFFE (pilot) RAF : Ok
Sgt (564156) Peter Joseph CROWLEY (obs.) RAF : Ok
LAC (527017) Denis Storr HARRISON (WOp/AG) RAF : injured

1.Royal Air Force Aircraft P1000-P9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1978)
2.National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/752: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14502636
3.http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/107_squadron.html#0206
4.https://wartimememoriesproject.com/ww2/allied/royalairforce/sqdview.php?pid=306
5.ORB 107 Sqdn RAF

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
08-Sep-2019 20:51	Dr. John Smith	Added
08-Sep-2019 20:52	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Narrative]
08-Sep-2019 20:52	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Narrative]
08-Sep-2019 20:53	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Narrative]
09-Sep-2019 17:21	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, Narrative]
13-Sep-2019 16:14	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator]