ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53911
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| Date: | Sunday 23 June 1940 |
| Time: | 20:52 LT |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 110 (Hyderabad) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L8754 |
| MSN: | VE-K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Spaarnwouderdijk at Amsterdam, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wattisham, Suffolk |
| RAF Wattisham, Suffolk |
Bristol Blenheim Mk.IV L8754 (VE-K) 110 (Hyderabad) Squadron, RAF: Written off (destroyed) when lost (Failed To Return) from combat operations over the Netherlands. All three crew killed.
Takeoff at 17:50 LT from RAF Wattisham, Suffolk, for an operation to Vohwinkel, Wuppertal (Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany). Shot down by fighter pilot Unteroffizier Adolf Strohauer of 3./JG 54, who was flying a Bf 109E from Eindhoven airfield. Two Blenheims of No. 107 Squadron (R3688 and N3593) were lost on this same day during the same sortie above The Netherlands.
Crew of Blenheim L8754:
Pilot Officer (Pilot) Thomas Clare Prescott, RAFVR 740264, age 27, killed in action 23/06/1940.
Sergeant (Observer) Harold Kenyon, RAF 581396, age 22, killed in action 23/06/1940
Sergeant (Wireless Op./Air Gunner) Vincent Joseph Swallow, RAF 540806, age 23, killed in action 23/06/1940
All three crew fatalities were buried at Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aricraft L1000-L9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1978 p 59)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/978: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14502429
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2619681/prescott,-thomas-clare/
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2619624/kenyon,-harold/
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2619717/swallow,-vincent-joseph/
6. https://www.verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T0727&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
7. https://wo2-hoekschewaard.nl/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/register19401.pdf
8. http://aircrewremembered.com/esson-stephen-george.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 14 May 1940 | L9214 | 110 (Hyderabad) Sqn RAF | 0 | near Sedan, Ardennes |  |
w/o |
| Gear-up landing | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 22-Jun-2019 06:02 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Jun-2019 05:59 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 02-Oct-2019 21:38 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Apr-2020 18:51 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location] |
| 19-Jun-2022 02:50 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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