ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52908
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| Date: | Friday 17 April 1942 |
| Time: | 23:22 |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 114 (Hong Kong) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z7430 |
| MSN: | RT-Q |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Oosteinderweg 489, Aalsmeer, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF West Raynham, Norfolk (takeoff at 21:36 hrs) |
Hit by light Flak over Amsterdam on an Intruder mission to Schiphol airport. Crash landed at Oosteinderweg 489 Aalsmeer-Oost at 23:22. The crew were made PoW's
Crew
Pilot: 37355 Wg Cdr G L B Hull DFC (Southern Rhodesia) Stalag Luft 3 Zagan & Belaria. PoW Number 775 (Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 21 November, 1939)
Navigator 45552 Flt Lt Thomas Herbert Baker DFM DFC MiD Stalag Luft 3 Zagan & Belaria. PoW Number 39677. Stalag Luft VIIID (Nuremberg) from February 1945 (NCO:563032 Commission Gazetted : Friday 09 May, 1941)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:47436 Plt Off J F L Morton RAAF Stalag Luft 3 Zagan & Belaria. PoW Number 203 (NCO:547785 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 20 January, 1942)
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1484&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Bomber Command Losses 1942
RAF Prisoner of War.
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 March 1942 | Z7700 | 114 (Hong Kong) Sqn RAF | 3 | Missing. | |
w/o |
| 27 April 1942 | T2430 | 114 (Hong Kong) Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Pulham, south of Norwich, Norfolk, England |  |
w/o |
| 26 July 1942 | V5635 | 114 (Hong Kong) Sqn RAF | 3 | near the Schönemoorer Dorfstraße road at Ganderkesee, Niedersachsen. |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 15-Apr-2017 18:25 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 08-Dec-2017 15:02 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Jan-2018 12:46 | XindelX | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Damage, Narrative] |
| 26-Sep-2018 08:45 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 18-Apr-2020 09:58 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source] |
| 28-Jul-2021 07:34 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 17-Apr-2024 06:49 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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