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| Date: | Monday 30 October 1939 |
| Time: | 17:23 |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 139 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N6236 |
| MSN: | XD-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
| RAF Wyton |
Blenheim N6236. Takeoff at 10:26 hrs for a Recco mission over northern Germany. 30/10/1939
Landed on RAF Wyton at 17:23hrs after being damaged by fighters at approximately 16:00 hrs. during a daylight photographic reconnaissance sortie of the Elbe estuary in north-west Germany.
Aircraft was damaged but repairable.
Crew:
F/O (39335) Neville Ernest Wetherell PEPPER DFC (Pilot) RAF Ok
Sgt (580579) Thomas Eric Hyde (Obs.) RAF : Ok
AC2 Benjamin Crann (WOp/AG) RAF : badly wounded.
Sources:
Blenheim production list
ORB 139 Sqdn RAF
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 12 May 1940 | P4923 | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF | 1 | Herstal-Rhees, on the north-east outskirts of Liège. |  |
w/o |
| 13 August 1940 | R3906 | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Horsham St. Faith, Norfolk, England | |
min |
| 3 June 1941 | V5460 | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF | 0 | Mediterranean Sea - the west of Lampedusa Isle. |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Jul-2024 18:40 | Nepa | Added [Operator, ] |
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