Incident Bristol Blenheim Mk IV Z7289,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53184
 
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Date:Thursday 28 August 1941
Time:20:23 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic BLEN model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Bristol Blenheim Mk IV
Owner/operator:226 Sqn RAF
Registration: Z7289
MSN: MQ-R
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Kethel, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Wattisham
Destination airport:RAF Wattisham
Narrative:
Operation / Rotterdam - Wilton-Fijenoord docks. Took off from RAF Wattisham at 17:35 hrs. The aircraft was critically damaged by Rotterdam-based Flak and belly-landed in flames.

Plt Off F M V Johnstone (POW)
Sgt R Evans (POW)
Sgt R G Drake (POW)

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1225&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 128.

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
07-May-2016 16:43 Red Dragon Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
12-Feb-2018 09:28 XindelXL Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Phase]
09-Oct-2018 19:25 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
20-Mar-2020 16:40 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative]

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