ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53804
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| Date: | Saturday 31 August 1940 |
| Time: | 21:10 LT |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 53 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | T1940 |
| MSN: | PZ-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Welplaat at Pernis, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Detling, Kent |
Takeoff at 19:40 hrs (local time) for an operation to Rotterdam in Zuid-Holland.
Over the target, the aircraft was mortally hit by the Flakgruppe 261.
All three crew members died in the crash and rest at Rotterdam:
Pilot / W/Cdr. E.C.T. Edwards 05146 RAF / grave LL 1 5
Observer / Sgt. L.L. Benjamin 751790 RAF / grave LL 2 5
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner / Sgt. J.T. Beesley 552175 RAF / grave LL 1 6
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T0803&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
https://studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/bulletin-322-abschuss-bord-van-een-duitse-luchtdoelbatterij-in-vlaardingen/
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 22 May 1940 | R3596 | 53 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Hawkinge, Folkestone, Kent, England |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Aug-2018 12:09 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Apr-2020 13:16 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Apr-2020 13:18 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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