ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53234
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| Date: | Tuesday 12 August 1941 |
| Time: | 13:00 LT |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 18 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | V6437 |
| MSN: | WV-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | mouth of the Schelde, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Horsham St Faith |
| RAF Horsham St Faith |
Took off from RAF Horsham St Faith at 0920 hrs for an operation against the Knapsack power station at Hürth in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. On return, the aircraft hit power cabels over the Dutch coast and crashed. Sgt Cutler is buried in Vlissingen Northern Cemetery; his companions are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial:
Plt Off M T K Walkden (KIA)
Plt Off B F W Matthews (KIA)
Sgt A C Cutler (KIA)
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1174&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 113.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 16 September 1941 | V6339 | 18 Sqn RAF | 3 | North Sea off Texel, Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 04-May-2016 06:43 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Dec-2018 18:53 | Red Dragon | Updated [Operator] |
| 17-Mar-2019 19:23 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 19-Feb-2020 20:40 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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