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| Date: | Thursday 25 January 1940 |
| Time: | 15:20 |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 57 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L1280 |
| MSN: | DX-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Delfzijil, south of Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Metz airfield (Fr.) |
Blenheim L1280/C : Took off for a Reconnaissance sortie over north western Germany. 25/01/1940
The aircraft taken off from the forward airfield in Metz in north-eastern France at midday.
Shot down by Fw. Walter Scherer of 2./JGr. 102 during a reconnaissance mission south of Duisburg, North Rhine Westphalia. The plane crashed near Delfzijil, south of Duisburg at 15:20 hrs. (German time).
Crew:
P/O (42474) John Noel O'Reilly-Blackwood (pilot) RAF - killed
Sgt (580596) Douglas James BENDALL (obs) RAF - killed
AC2 (625656) John Raymond HUNTER (WOp/AG) RAF - killed
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-L9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1978 p 7)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/88: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14141910
3. http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/57_squadron.html#2501
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2040825/o'reilly-blackwood,-john-noel/
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2036873/bendall,-douglas-james/
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2055707/hunter,-john-raymond/
Jenaer Volksblatt 27 January 1939
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Sep-2015 17:50 | gerard57 | Added |
| 20-Oct-2015 17:54 | Jixn | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, ] |
| 12-Feb-2016 17:46 | MrBean1941 | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Oct-2018 06:47 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 06-Jun-2019 01:03 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Jun-2019 10:42 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 16-Apr-2020 16:16 | TB | Updated [Location, Source, ] |
| 10-Apr-2024 10:07 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 24-Jul-2024 16:46 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator, ] |
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