Date:	Monday 30 October 1939
Time:	12:50
Type:	Bristol Blenheim Mk I
Owner/operator:	18 Sqn RAF
Registration:	L1415
MSN:	WV-H
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	near Quakenbrück, district of Osnabrück, Lower Saxony -   Germany
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Metz airfield, France
Destination airport:	Metz, Fr.

Narrative:
Blenheim L1415/H: Took off from Metz, Fr. for Reconnaissance mission over Hamm and Hanover. 30/10/1939
Failed to return, reported shot down by Bf.109 of Lt Heinz Lang (1st victory) 1./JG21 near Quakenbrück, district of Osnabrück, in Lower Saxony, 23 km West South West of Vechta, Germany. (At approximate Coordinates: 52°40′38″N 07°57′27″E).
Crew:
F/O (39075) Dennis Frederick ELLIOT (pilot) RAF - killed.
Sgt (563071) Kenneth Burton CREW (obs.) RAF - killed.
AC.1 (537306) John Arthur GARRICK (Wop/AG) RAF - killed.

Crew is buried at Cologne Southern Cemetery, Germany.

1.Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999
2.National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/38: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details//C14142121
3.http://www.lostbombers.co.uk/bomber.php?id=8539
4.Blenheim production list
5.https://www.cwgc.org/
6.ORB 18 Sqdn RAF
7. http://www.oldhaltonians.co.uk/pages/rememb/ROH/19.htm
8.CWGC

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
28-Feb-2008 07:25	JINX	Added
22-Jun-2008 21:43	JINX	Updated
17-Dec-2009 09:32	october1944@gmail.co	Updated
17-Aug-2011 04:02	Uli Elch	Updated [Location, Narrative, ]
23-Jan-2012 04:29	Nepa	Updated [Time, Operator, ]
03-Jun-2013 07:09	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative, ]
22-Jul-2013 20:30	JINX	Updated [Operator, Location, Source, ]
12-Oct-2013 03:22	JINX	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, ]
15-Nov-2013 14:52	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, ]
07-Dec-2013 07:02	JINX	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, ]
18-Dec-2013 18:10	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Location, ]
15-Dec-2014 14:54	Jixon	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Phase, Narrative, ]
06-Oct-2018 15:23	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator, ]
03-Jun-2019 22:08	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
04-Jun-2019 04:17	stehlik49	Updated [Operator, ]
23-Aug-2024 12:36	Nepa	Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator, ]
11-Jul-2025 11:24	MMR	Updated [Source, Narrative, ]