ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53405
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| Date: | Monday 24 March 1941 |
| Time: | 16:12 LT |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 82 (United Provinces) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L9389 |
| MSN: | UX-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Marsdiep S of Texel, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bodney, Norfolk |
Took of from RAF Bodney at 14:10 LT for an anti-shipping operation. Whilst attacking the destroyer 'Iltis' off the Dutch coast, the aircraft was shot down by Flak from the ship. Flt Lt Black is buried in Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery; his crew are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial:
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Hugh James Waller Black DFC RAF 42739 [Killed]
Sergeant Frank Archer DFM RAFVR 751902 [Killed]
Sergeant Thomas Henry Cooke RAFVR 742792 [Killed]
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T0975&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses in the Second World War 1941 Page 34
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 March 1941 | R3604 | 82 (United Provinces) Sqn RAF | 3 | North Sea 12 km NW of Terschelling, Friesland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Apr-2016 19:11 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Apr-2016 18:13 | Black Jack | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 06-Jan-2018 13:56 | XindelX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 26-Sep-2018 08:58 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 02-May-2019 19:29 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Jun-2022 06:11 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 19-Jun-2022 07:12 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 28-Mar-2024 20:14 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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