Accident Bristol Blenheim Mk IV V6084, Monday 7 July 1941
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Date:Monday 7 July 1941
Time:13:00
Type:Silhouette image of generic BLEN model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Bristol Blenheim Mk IV
Owner/operator:139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF
Registration: V6084
MSN: XD-?
Fatalities:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:North Sea off Scheveningen, Zuid-Holland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Horsham St. Faith, Norfolk
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Blenheim V6084: Took off at 11:42 hrs. for a Anti shipping patrol. 07/07/1941
Hit by flak and crashed off Scheveningen, Holland at 13:00 hrs.
Crew
Sgt (951057) John CLAYTON (WOp/AG) RAFVR - Killed
Sgt (991337) Jack SYKES (Obs.) RAFVR - killed.
F/Lt (41179) Horace Colvill HILTON (pilot) RAF - killed

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World war 1941 Page 84.

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
01-May-2016 19:11 Red Dragon Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
29-Dec-2017 17:58 Nepa Updated [Operator]
11-Jan-2018 18:44 XindelX Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
26-Sep-2018 08:52 Nepa Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator]
08-Jul-2019 08:21 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Location, Source]

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