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| Date: | Thursday 28 September 1939 |
| Time: | 10:29 |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 110 (Hyderabad) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N6212 |
| MSN: | VE-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Osnabrück, Lower Saxony -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wattisham, Suffolk |
Blenheim N6212/F : Written off (destroyed) 28/09/1939 on combat operations.
Took off at 07:40 hrs for Reconnaissance Sortie in the Munster area. Blenheim N6212 was intercepted and shot down by a German pilot, Feldwebel Klaus Faber, of 1/JG 1, Luftwaffe.
Aircraft crashed and exploded in woods at Vossberg, between Wallenhorst and Engter.
Crew of Blenheim N6212
Wg/Cdr Ivan McLeod Cameron (157298) pilot RAF - killed in action
Sgt Thomas Cecil Hammond (562535) Obs. RAF- killed in action
AC1 Thomas Fullerton (522192) WOp/AG RAF - killed in action
Crew is buried at Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany.
NOTE: The official file on the incident (File AIR 81/15) give the crash location as "Osnabrück", but most published sources state "near Kiel" (the two locations are some 318 km apart)
Sources:
1. Halley J J Air Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) AIR 81/15: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14141994
3. http://www.oldhaltonians.co.uk/pages/rememb/ROH/18.htm
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2840744/cameron,-ian-monteath/
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2031915/hammond,-thomas-cecil/
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2031496/fullerton,-thomas/
7. http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/the-first-briton-to-die-in-ww2.14664/#post-164348
8. http://www.militarian.com/threads/raf-australians-wing-commander-ivan-mcleod-cameron.5839/
9. http://gnet.geelongcollege.vic.edu.au:8080/wiki/Print.aspx?Page=CAMERON-Ivan-McLeod-1908-1939
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2019 19:29 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 03-Jun-2019 12:31 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 15-Jun-2019 21:55 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 19-Jul-2024 22:35 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 28-Apr-2025 06:29 | AVM GH | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 11-Jul-2025 08:56 | MMR | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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