ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53203
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| Date: | Tuesday 19 August 1941 |
| Time: | 19:37 LT |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 114 (Hong Kong) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z7347 |
| MSN: | RT-U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 35 km NW of Vlieland, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF West Raynham, Norfolk |
| RAF West Raynham |
Mission : Anti-Shipping. Took off from RAF West Raynham at 1720 hrs for an anti-shipping operation. Lost in the same circumstances as Blenheim V6236/RT-D and V6366/RT-N. During a convoy attack, the aircraft was shot down by Zerstörer pilot Unteroffizier Friedrich Potthast of the 5./ZG 76, who was flying a Bf 110 from De Kooy airfield.
Sgt Clarke has no known grave; his crew are buried in Ameland and in Germany.
Crew Sgt R K Clarke (KIA)
Plt Off R A Stratton (KIA)
Birth: unknown
Death: Aug. 19, 1941
Inscription:
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Note: 65557
Burial:
Sage War Cemetery
Oldenburg
Oldenburger Stadtkreis
Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany
Plot: 11. D. 8.
Maintained by: IWPP Custodial Account
Originally Created by: International Wargraves ...
Record added: Mar 15, 2007
Find A Grave Memorial# 18427570
Sgt P A Davies (KIA)
Death: Aug. 19, 1941
Note: 1251274. Sergeant (W. Op/Air Gnr.), Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 114 Sqdn. Age 19. Son of Arnold James Davies and Jessie Alice Davies of Plumstead, London. Plot D, Row 14, Grave 2.
Burial:
Ameland (Nes) General Cemetery
Nes
Boarnsterhim Municipality
Friesland, Netherlands
Created by: Teresa L. Watson
Record added: Mar 30, 2006
Find A Grave Memorial# 13791836
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1205&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
LW Claims by Michael Balss
'Vliegvelden in Oorlogstijd' for airfield ZG 76
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses in the Second World War 1941 Page 123.
Find a Grave.com
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-May-2016 15:51 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Jan-2018 12:32 | XindelX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 26-Sep-2018 08:49 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 18-Mar-2020 16:02 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Jun-2022 04:43 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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