Accident Bristol Blenheim Mk IV Z7487,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53304
 
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Date:Saturday 12 July 1941
Time:12:35
Type:Silhouette image of generic BLEN model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Bristol Blenheim Mk IV
Owner/operator:107 Sqn RAF
Registration: Z7487
MSN: OM-?
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:North Sea off IJmuiden, Noord-Holland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Great Massingham, Norfolk
Destination airport:RAF Great Massingham
Narrative:
Blenheim Z7487: Took off at 11:20 hrs to Anti shipping patrol Beat 9. 12/07/1941
Hit by Marine Flak and crashed at 12:35hrs into the sea off IJmuiden /into North sea off coast of Holland.
Crew
W/Cdr (27219) Arthur Frank Calvert BOOTH (Pilot) RAF - killed
Sgt (759350) Thomas SCOTT (obs.) RAF : POW
F/Sgt (939708) Colin Gordon GOODFELLOW (WOp/AG) RAFVR - Killed

Sources:

1.https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl.
2.Royal air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World war 1941
3.ORB 107 Sqdn RAF
4.CWGC

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
30 June 1940 R3823 107 Sqn RAF 3 Wittes, 14 km SE of St-Omer, Pas-de- Calais. w/o
6 July 1941 T1824 107 Sqn RAF 1 sea 18 miles south-west off Hoek van Holland, Zuid-Holland w/o
1 August 1941 Z7498 107 Sqn RAF 1 mouth of the Schelde, Zeeland w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
30-Apr-2016 06:52 Red Dragon Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
29-Dec-2017 18:02 Nepa Updated [Time, Operator]
24-Jan-2018 17:07 XindelX Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
26-Sep-2018 10:51 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
10-Jul-2019 07:53 TigerTimon Updated [Location, Source]

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