ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53892
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| Date: | Thursday 4 July 1940 |
| Time: | 12:15 LT |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 18 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L8866 |
| MSN: | WV- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Brielse Maas or near Oostvoorne, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF West Raynham, Norfolk |
Takeoff at 08:35 LT for an operation to Leiden, the Netherlands.
The plane crashed into the sea under unknown circumstances.
All three crew members died in the crash.
F/L I.C.B.Worthington-Wilmer KIA
Sgt J.G.Stanley KIA
Sgt G.E.Maydon KIA
RIP
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T0742&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
https://sites.google.com/site/wo2vpr1/home/1940-07-04-blenheim
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 August 1940 | L9422 | 18 Sqn RAF | 3 | near 'De Schouwse Boer', Haamstede, Zeeland | |
w/o |
| 7 May 1942 | V6382 | 18 Sqn RAF | 3 | North Sea 40 km W of Walcheren, Zeeland | |
w/o |
| 9 May 1942 | V6523 | 18 Sqn RAF | 1 | south of Orford Road, 3 miles NE of Woodbridge, Suffolk, England |  |
w/o |
| 9 June 1942 | Z7283 | 18 Sqn RAF | 2 | Cottage at Hough-on-the-Hill 5 mi N of Grantham, Lincolnshire, England | |
w/o |
| 2 July 1942 | Z7372 | 18 Sqn RAF | 3 | Missing - lost without trace |  |
mis |
| 12 July 1942 | V6371 | 18 Sqn RAF | 0 | near RAF Wattisham, south of Stowmarket, Suffolk, England | |
unk |
| 14 July 1942 | V5503 | 18 Sqn RAF | 0 | Near Bredfield House Bredfield | |
w/o |
| 18 July 1942 | Z7304 | 18 Sqn RAF | 4 | Poringland Radar Station, 4 miles SE of Norwich, England | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 29-Feb-2016 14:41 | gerard57 | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Mar-2016 20:15 | MiG21 | Updated [Operator] |
| 02-Jul-2019 07:35 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Jun-2022 09:42 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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