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| Date: | Monday 30 October 1939 |
| Time: | 11:12 |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 18 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L6694 |
| MSN: | WV- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Klusserath, north-east of Trier -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Metz airfield, France |
Blenheim L6694: Took off from Metz (Fr.) for Reconnaissance mission sortie of the Siegfried Line. 30/10/1939
Shot down by Hptm Werner Mölders in Bf.109 of 1./JG53. 30/10/1939
Crashed near Klüsserath, north east of Trier at 11:12 (German Time) while on reconnaissance over Germany.
Crew:
F/Lt (37525) Alan Arthur DILNOT (pilot) RAF killed.
Sgt (564130) Ewart Harrison CRELLIN (obs) RAF killed.
AC1 (539683) John Stanley BURROWS (Wop/AG) RAF killed.
Crew is buried at Cologne Southern Cemetery, Germany.
Sources:
1.Air-Britain: Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999
2.Blenheim production list
3.ORB 18 Sqdn RAF
4.CWGC
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 21 March 1940 | L1427 | 18 Sqn RAF | 2 | Jeffries Point, Portslade, East Sussex, England |  |
w/o |
| 4 July 1940 | L8866 | 18 Sqn RAF | 3 | Brielse Maas, near Oostvoorne, west of Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland |  |
w/o |
| 15 August 1940 | T1882 | 18 Sqn RAF | 3 | Missing - English Channel |  |
w/o |
| 31 August 1940 | L9378 | 18 Sqn RAF | 3 | SE of Weasenham | |
w/o |
| 4 September 1940 | L9188 | 18 Sqn RAF | 2 | RAF Great Massingham | |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 23-May-2008 23:42 | JINX | Added |
| 02-Jul-2008 14:00 | JINX | Updated |
| 20-Jul-2011 09:14 | Anon. | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Jan-2012 04:29 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 03-Jun-2013 07:06 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Jul-2013 19:53 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, ] |
| 10-Oct-2013 06:09 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 13-Nov-2013 10:40 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Nov-2013 21:11 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, ] |
| 15-Dec-2014 14:54 | Jixon | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Oct-2018 15:22 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 07-Nov-2021 19:51 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 20-Jul-2024 17:33 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 11-Jul-2025 11:24 | MMR | Updated [Cn, Narrative, ] |
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