ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53280
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| Date: | Wednesday 23 July 1941 |
| Time: | 12:53 LT |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 18 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R3666 |
| MSN: | WV-K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea off Camperduin, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Horsham St Faith |
| RAF Horsham St Faith |
Mission - Anti-Shipping.
Took off from RAF Horsham St Faith at 11:45 hrs. Shot down by Bf 110s from 5./ZG 76 (based at De Kooy airfield) and crashed off Den Helder. Two of the crew are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, while Sgt Adamson's grave may be found in Westerschelling General Cemetery on Terschelling.
Crew
Sgt W M G Dunham RCAF (KIA)
Sgt R W Adamson (KIA)
Sgt N L Harding KIA)
Sources:
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 99.
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1132&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
'Vliegvelden in Oorlogstijd'
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 25 February 1940 | L1444 | 18 Sqn RAF | 1 | Donna Nook Bombing Range, East Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England |  |
w/o |
| 11 May 1940 | L1405 | 18 Sqn RAF | 2 | Breyell, Nettetal, district of Viersen in North Rhine-Westphalia |  |
w/o |
| 16 June 1941 | V6512 | 18 Sqn RAF | 3 | North Sea, off Hoek van Holland, Zuid-Holland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 02-May-2016 16:40 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Jan-2018 13:23 | XindelX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
| 25-Jul-2019 10:13 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Jun-2022 02:36 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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