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Date: | Saturday 1 March 1941 |
Time: | 02:58 |
Type: | Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
Owner/operator: | 105 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | T1895 |
MSN: | GB-X |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Oosterhoogebrug, 2 km east-north-east of the inner city of Groningen. -
Netherlands
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Swanton Morley, Norfolk |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Blenheim T1895/X: Took off at 23:25 hrs for a Night bombing mission over Wilhelmshaven. 28/02/1941
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Paul Gildner of the 4./NJG 1 (flying Bf 110 G9+HM from Leeuwarden airfield) Crashed at 02:58 hrs at Oosterhoogebrug, 2 km ENE of the inner city of Groningen, NL. 01/03/1941
Crew:
Sgt (741658) John Stewart Hardman HEAPE (pilot) RAFVR: PoW
Sgt (968353) Sylvester JONES (Obs.) RAFVR: killed
Sgt (970880) John BIMSON (WOp/AG) RAFVR: killed
Sources:
1.https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl
2.Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
3.Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses in the Second World War 1941.
4.ORB 105 Sqdn RAF
5.CWGC
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27-Mar-2016 06:57 |
Red Dragon |
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05-Apr-2016 18:13 |
Black Jack |
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28-Sep-2018 17:53 |
Nepa |
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26-Feb-2019 08:56 |
TigerTimon |
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14-Jun-2022 08:49 |
Ron Averes |
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