ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 235788
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| Date: | Friday 24 July 1942 |
| Time: | 01:46 LT |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 18 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z7428 |
| MSN: | WV-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Dreiecks Moor swamps east of Vechta, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wattisham, Suffolk |
Takeoff at 22:45 hrs for an intruder operation to Germany.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Hans-Joachim Witzleb of the I./NJG 3, who had taken off from nearby Vechta airfield in a Bf 110.
All three crew members rest in Sage War Cemetery.
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Fred Martyn Thorne RAFVR 65508 [Killed] (NCO:740893 Commission Gazetted : Friday 30 May, 1941)
Observer : Pilot Officer Bryan Manssen Cook RNZAF NZ/40736 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Pilot Officer William Smith Blackadder RAFVR 134028 [Killed] (NCO:746937 Commission Gazetted : Friday 18 December, 1942)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
Google Maps
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=Z7428
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 11 May 1940 | L9255 | 18 Sqn RAF | 1 | Kempen, district of Viersen, in North Rhine-Westphalia | |
w/o |
Images:
Bundesarchiv/Militärarchiv (via J. Junker)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-May-2020 18:52 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 02-Aug-2021 07:38 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Photo] |
| 02-Aug-2021 07:38 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 23-Jul-2023 07:00 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Narrative]] |
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