ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53609
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| Date: | Monday 7 April 1941 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L9386 |
| MSN: | XD-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea, 25 km west of IJmuiden, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Horsham St. Faith, Norfolk |
Blenheim L9386: Took off at 15:43 hrs for a bombing mission to IJmuiden. 07/04/1941
Hit back flak and finished off by a fighter (Uffz Krause I./JG1) off the Dutch coast.
Crew
Sgt (75440) Robert BENNETT (pilot) RAF - killed
P/O (45647) Eric Robert PIERCE (obs.) RAF - killed
Sgt (755076) Ernest William LABAN (WOp/AG) RAF - killed
Sources:
http://www.nimh.nl/nl/images/1941%20sec_tcm5-7282.p
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses in the Second World War 1941 Page 37.
ORB 139 Sqdn RAF
CWGC
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 7 August 1940 | L9304 | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF | 0 | 5 miles north of Sheringham, Norfolk, England |  |
w/o |
| 24 September 1940 | T1794 | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF | 3 | Missing - English Channel. |  |
w/o |
| 14 October 1940 | R3671 | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF | 3 | Missing - North Sea | |
w/o |
| 22 January 1941 | T2435 | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF | 3 | field near Oulton Suffolk, 2 miles WNW of Lowestoft, Suffolk, England | |
w/o |
| 1 May 1941 | V6177 | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF | 3 | North Sea off Den Helder, Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
| 6 May 1941 | V6296 | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Horsham St Faith, near Norwich, Norfolk, England | |
min |
| 7 July 1941 | Z7424 | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF | 3 | North Sea 100 km west of Zandvoort, Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
| 7 July 1941 | V6084 | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF | 3 | North Sea off Scheveningen, Zuid-Holland | |
w/o |
| 30 July 1941 | V6439 | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF | 3 | North Sea, 180 km north of Texel, The West Frisian Islands. | |
w/o |
| 30 July 1941 | V6266 | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF | 3 | North Sea, 180 km north of Texel, The West Frisian Islands. | |
w/o |
| 30 July 1941 | V6176 | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF | 3 | Missing - North Sea |  |
w/o |
| 13 October 1941 | Z7297 | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Horsham St Faith, near Norwich, Norfolk, England | |
min |
| 13 October 1941 | Z7343 | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Manston, Kent, England | |
min |
| 15 October 1941 | V6249 | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF | 3 | Missing - North Sea | |
mis |
| 15 October 1941 | Z7300 | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF | 3 | Missing - North Sea | |
mis |
| 15 October 1941 | Z7320 | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF | 3 | Missing - North Sea | |
mis |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Apr-2016 19:37 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Apr-2016 18:03 | J.Cryer | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Sep-2018 08:57 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 23-Feb-2020 10:12 | Iwosh | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator] |
| 18-Jun-2022 13:38 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 18-Jun-2022 13:38 | Ron Averes | Updated [[Location]] |
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