ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53963
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| Date: | Wednesday 15 May 1940 |
| Time: | 12:00 LT |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 15 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L8856 |
| MSN: | LS-U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 'Groote Boom polder' north of Sint Kruis - Aardenburg, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wyton |
Operation - Dinant-Celles (Belgium)
Airborne from Wyton at 09:58 LT. Hit by Flak over the target. While homebound, and over the Belgian coast, the starboard propellor fell off. The pilot successfully force landed in an area known as the Grote Boom-Polder near sint-Kruis (Zeeuws-Vlaanderen), 4 km E of Aardenburg, Holland.
Crew:
P/O (41846) Douglas Sidney Reeve HARRIMAN (pilot) RAF - Ok
Sgt J.R.Stanford (obs) RAF - Inj
LAC Moorhouse (Wop/AG) RAF Ok
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T0683&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/15_squadron.html
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 July 1940 | R3764 | 15 Sqn RAF | 2 | Schelde near Breskens, Zeeland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 09-Feb-2014 14:26 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Oct-2018 17:13 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 13-May-2019 14:32 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Oct-2019 17:01 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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