ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53220
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| Date: | Sunday 17 August 1941 |
| Time: | evening |
| Type: | Bristol Beaufort Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 22 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AW214 |
| MSN: | OA-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Westerschelde estuary, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Thorney Island |
| RAF Thorney Island |
Mission : Gardening. Took off from RAF Thorney Island at 2040 hrs and set course fro the Dewberry area off Boulogne but was shot down by flak (Abt. 31/XI) and crashed in the West Scheldt estuary. All the crew are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Crew
88667 Plt Off I G Mitchell (KIA)
89799 Plt Off H F Binns (KIA)
637107 Sgt T Penrice (KIA)
974760 Sgt D A Campbell (KIA)
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1194A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Royal Air Force Coastal Command Losses of the Second World War Volume 1. Aircraft and Crew Losses 1939-1941 Page 114.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 April 1940 | L4465 | 22 Sqn RAF | 4 | North Sea off Spurn Head, East Yorkshire |  |
w/o |
| 7 May 1940 | L4472 | 22 Sqn RAF | 4 | North Sea near Ameland, Friesland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-May-2016 06:28 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-May-2016 07:53 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Nov-2018 19:53 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 13-Mar-2020 17:45 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Source] |
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