ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 225853
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| Date: | Wednesday 27 December 1939 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 107 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L8779 |
| MSN: | OM-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea, 10 km north of Wangerooge, Frisian Islands, Lower Saxony. -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wattisham, Suffolk |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Blenheim L8779/D: Took off for a PR mission. 27/12/1939.
Lost at Sea, 10 km north of Wangerooge, Frisian Islands, Lower Saxony, at approximate coordinates: 53°47′27″N 7°53′57″E, with all three crew posted as "missing presumed dead". One source (see link #7) credits Karl August Schumacher in a Bf 109E-3 of the Luftwaffe's Stab./JG 1 with shooting down Blenheim L8779 (his second victory in air to air combat)
Crew:
P/O (70389) Keith LAXTON (Pilot) RAF - killed
LAC (531954) Truscott Victor LEWIS (WOp/AG) RAF - killed
Sgt (580390) William ANDERSON (Obs.) RAF - killed
No trace of the aircraft or of the crew were ever found; they are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-L9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1978 p 59)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/79: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14141880
3. https://www.aviationartprints.com/airframe_data.php?FrameID=23035
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1803186/laxton,-keith/
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1803418/lewis,-truscott-victor/
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1082801/anderson,-william/
7. http://www.aircrewremembered.com/KrackerDatabase/?s=1600&q=Karl%2C
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wangerooge
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Jun-2019 17:41 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 08-Jun-2019 10:36 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
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