ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53290
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| Date: | Wednesday 16 July 1941 |
| Time: | 17:30 |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z7362 |
| MSN: | XD-V |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kruisstraat street, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Oulton, Norfolk |
| RAF Oulton |
Blenheim Z7362/V: Took off at 16:00 hrs for a Bombing mission to Rotterdam. 16/07/1941
Hit by Flak and crash-landed at Rotterdam, Holland at 17:30 hrs.
Crew
S/Ldr (88237) Eric SYDNEY-SMITH (pilot) RAFVR - POW (NCO:904371 Commission Gazetted : Friday 20 December, 1940)
P/O (61023) Richard Adrian WHITE (Obs.) RAFVR - POW (NCO:745544 Commission Gazetted : Friday 14 March, 1941)
F/Sgt (611679) Edmund George CABAN DFM (WOp/AG) RAF - POW
Sources:
1.https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorl.nl
2.Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the second World War 1941
3.ORB 139 Sqdn RAF
4.Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 12 May 1940 | N6219 | 139 (Jamaica) Sqn RAF | 2 | Maastricht to Tongres Road, near Maastricht, Limburg. | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-May-2016 17:52 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Jan-2018 18:44 | XindelX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 26-Sep-2018 08:51 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 13-Jul-2019 13:30 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Jul-2023 06:47 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Time, Location, Source, Narrative]] |
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