ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53386
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| Date: | Wednesday 28 May 1941 |
| Time: | 15:45 LT |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 82 (United Provinces) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | V6457 |
| MSN: | UX-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 130 km NW of Texel, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bodney |
| RAF Bodney |
Takeoff from RAF Bodney at 12:58 hrs for an operation to Helgoland island, Germany.
The aircraft was shot down by fighter pilot Oberleutnant Paul Stolte of the 3./JG 1, who was flying a Bf 109 from De Kooy airfield.
Sgt McGowan is buried on Terschelling; his crew are remembered on the Runnymede Memorial:
Sgt J H McGowam +
Sgt A L Walker +
Sgt D N Banks +
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1038&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 60.
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Jagdgeschwader/JG1.htm
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 May 1940 | L8830 | 82 (United Provinces) Sqn RAF | 0 | La Capelle, Aisne department in Hauts-de-France, north east of Laon |  |
w/o |
| 10 July 1940 | L9468 | 107 Sqn RAF | 3 | Aigneville, 18 miles south-west of Abbeville, Somme Department. | |
w/o |
| 29 July 1940 | R3619 | 82 (United Provinces) Sqn RAF | 1 | De Waard Farm, Cocksdorp, Texel, Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 09-Apr-2016 18:21 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Dec-2017 17:19 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 06-Jan-2018 13:56 | XindelX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 26-Sep-2018 08:54 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 25-May-2019 09:17 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Jun-2022 05:40 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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