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Date: | Saturday 6 April 1940 |
Time: | 04:05 |
Type: | Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
Owner/operator: | 21 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | L8740 |
MSN: | YH-Q |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Merton Hall, Merton, Norfolk, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Watton, Norfolk |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Blenheim L8740/Q: Took off at 04.00 hrs on an anti submarine patrol. 06/04/1940
Crashed into trees at 04:05 hrs close to Merton Hall, five minutes after take off.
Crew (all killed)
P/O (40438) Ian STAPLEDON (pilot) RAF ; killed
Sgt (580533) Walter Jonathan WETTON (Obs.) RAF : killed
LAC (524840) John Brayfield BALL (WOp/AG) RAF : killed
Sources:
1. "Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War, vol 1: Aircraft and Crew lost during 1939-1940", by W R Chorley. ISBN 0-904597-85-7
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-L9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1978 p 59)
3. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/112:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14141947 4.
http://www.merton.ukgo.com/WW2.htm 5.
http://www.breckland-rollofhonour.org.uk/watton_mary.html 6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merton,_Norfolk 7.
http://www.maplandia.com/united-kingdom/england/east-anglia/norfolk-county/merton/ 8.
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2764549/stapledon,-ian/ 9.
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2417766/wetton,-walter-jonathan/ 10.
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2764527/ball,-john-brayfield/ 11.
http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/21_squadron.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
14-Jan-2018 17:56 |
Laurent Rizzotti |
Added |
26-Sep-2018 09:50 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator] |
07-Jun-2019 16:26 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
08-Jun-2019 09:44 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator] |
03-Nov-2022 15:55 |
Anon. |
Updated [Narrative] |