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| Date: | Thursday 28 September 1939 |
| Time: | 09:00 |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 110 (Hyderabad) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N6206 |
| MSN: | VE-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wattisham, Suffolk |
Blenheim N6206/D) Lost on combat operations 28/09/1939; Took off at 07:40 hrs (with Blenheim N6212) for Reconnaissance Sortie in the Munster area. Failed to return, with the loss of all three crew
Crew:
F/O Donald Arthur Strachan (39580) pilot RAF- killed in action
Sgt William Mackenzie GUNN (563464) obs. RAF - killed in action
AC1 John Bateson (533911) WOp/AG RAF - killed in action
The crew is commemorated at the Runnymede Memorial. STRACHAN and GUNN on panel 1, BATESON on panel 2.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/16: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14141995
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1808137/strachan,-donald-arthur/
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1799002/gunn,-william-mckenzie/
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1083541/bateson,-john/
6. https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/blenheim/27855-RAF10117.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 22 May 1940 | L8749 | 110 (Hyderabad) Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Wattisham, Suffolk, England |  |
min |
| 24 May 1940 | L8749 | 110 (Hyderabad) Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Wattisham, Suffolk, England | |
min |
| 8 June 1940 | L8749 | 110 (Hyderabad) Sqn RAF | 0 | near Deauville, Calvados, Normandy |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2019 20:06 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 03-Jun-2019 12:32 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 15-Jun-2019 20:23 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Registration, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 15-Jun-2019 21:54 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 19-Jul-2024 22:26 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 11-Jul-2025 08:56 | MMR | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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