Date:	Thursday 22 January 1942
Time:	14:27
Type:	Bristol Beaufighter Mk Ic
Owner/operator:	248 Sqn RAF
Registration:	T4786
MSN:	WR-G
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	North Sea near IJmuiden, Noord-Holland -   Netherlands
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Bircham Newton, Norfolk
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Beaufighter T4786/G: Took off at 12:27 hrs for a Coastal Patrol sortie to the Dutch coast. 22/01/1942
It was shot down by light Flak from a Hafenschutzboot off IJmuiden at about 15:30 hrs (or 14:27 hrs according to the Verliesregister 1942).
Crew:
F/Lt (42044) Joseph William BLENNERHASSETT (pilot) RAF- killed
P/O (115.920) Campbell James Cansdale WALKER (obs) RAFVR - killed

1.https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1392&date
2.http://www.maplandia.com/netherlands/noord-holland/ijmuiden/
4.http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/30711-hello-everyone/
5.ORB 248 Sqdn RAF

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Date/time	Contributor	Updates
17-Dec-2008 11:45	ASN archive	Added
04-Nov-2009 20:59	NePa	Updated
23-Jan-2016 07:52	Laurent Rizzotti	Updated [Time, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
04-Jan-2018 14:50	TigerTimon	Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative]
06-Jan-2018 12:18	XindelX	Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative]
02-Nov-2019 11:13	TigerTimon	Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Embed code]
03-May-2021 21:45	Anon.	Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Narrative, Operator]
15-Jul-2022 11:46	Nepa	Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]
24-Oct-2022 10:18	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, Operator]