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Date: | Thursday 20 March 1941 |
Time: | 13:27 LT |
Type: | Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
Owner/operator: | 82 (United Provinces) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | R3604 |
MSN: | UX-? |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | North Sea 12 km NW of Terschelling, Friesland -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Bodney, Norfolk |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Took off from RAF Bodney at 11:09 LT for an anti-shipping operation. Shot down by Minenraumboot 64 and crashed into the sea off the Dutch coast. Sgt Adair has no known grave; his colleagues are buried in Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery, but were initially buried at Huisduinen, Noord-Holland:
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant John Henderson Kelly RAFVR 903258 [Killed]
Observer : Sergeant Graham Robert Wilson RNZAF NZ/40953 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Singleton Wilson Adair RAFVR 749453 [Killed]
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T0974&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield= Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 32.
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
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17-Dec-2008 11:45 |
ASN archive |
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01-Apr-2016 19:11 |
Red Dragon |
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05-Apr-2016 18:13 |
Black Jack |
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06-Jan-2018 13:56 |
XindelX |
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26-Sep-2018 08:59 |
Nepa |
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02-May-2019 18:56 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
14-Jun-2022 23:43 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
20-Mar-2024 07:37 |
Rob Davis |
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