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Date: | Tuesday 3 September 1940 |
Time: | |
Type: | Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
Owner/operator: | 40 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | L8757 |
MSN: | BL-T |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | North Sea off Vlissingen, Zeeland -
Netherlands
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Blenheim L8757: Took off at 19:50 hrs for a bombing operation to Schlebusch at Leverkusen (Ger.) 02/09/1940
The aircraft was hit by Flak and crashed at North Sea on 03/09/1940
Crew:
F/Sgt.(565447) Rodolphe Burford BROADHURST (pilot) RAF - killed
Sgt.(749307) Arthur MARSDEN (obs.) RAF - killed
Sgt.(640669) Angus John BURNS (WOp/AG) RAF - killed
Sources:
1.Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one / for cause and location
2.https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl
3.CWGC
4.ORB
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Dec-2008 11:45 |
ASN archive |
Added |
27-Apr-2020 13:53 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |