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Date: | Tuesday 19 August 1941 |
Time: | 19:35 LT |
Type: | Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
Owner/operator: | 114 (Hong Kong) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | V6366 |
MSN: | RT-N |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | North Sea 35 km NW of Vlieland, Friesland -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF West Raynham, Norfolk |
Destination airport: | RAF West Raynham |
Narrative:Mission :Anti-Shipping. Took off from RAF West Raynham at 17:15 hrs. Lost in circumstance to 114 Squadron Blenheim V6236/RD-D.
During a convoy attack, the aircraft was shot down by Zerstörer pilot Unteroffizier Friedrich Potthast of the 5./ZG 76, who was flying a Bf 110 from De Kooy airfield.
Those who died are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Crew
Plt Off R U McCracken RNZAF (KIA)
Plt Off H R Bentley (KIA)
Sgt A Clague (POW)
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1204&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield= LW Claims by Michael Balss
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World war 1941 Page 123.
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Dec-2008 11:45 |
ASN archive |
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06-May-2016 07:54 |
Red Dragon |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
06-Jan-2018 12:32 |
XindelX |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
26-Sep-2018 08:48 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
18-Mar-2020 16:17 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
15-Jun-2022 04:44 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |