Accident Bristol Blenheim Mk IVF P6958,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53901
 
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Date:Thursday 27 June 1940
Time:15:20
Type:Silhouette image of generic BLEN model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Bristol Blenheim Mk IVF
Owner/operator:235 Sqn RAF
Registration: P6958
MSN: QY-D
Fatalities:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Ouderkerk aan de Amstel, Noord-Holland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Bircham Newton
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 12:55 LT for a recce flight over the IJsselmeer lake.
Shot down by a Bf 109E of I./JG 54, based at Eindhoven airfield.

Crew:
Pilot P/O. H.S. Pardoe Williams 41974 RAF Amsterdam 69-A-12
Observer Sgt. C.W. Thorley 751531 RAF Amsterdam 69-A-10
Air gunner P/O. E.A. Saunders 77342 RAF Amsterdam 69-A-8

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T0730&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/235_squadron.html
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History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
23 March 1941 Z6085 235 Sqn RAF 3 North Sea 10 km west of Hoek van Holland, Zuid-Holland mis

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
03-Apr-2012 11:00 rvargast17 Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
26-Jun-2012 12:16 Nepa Updated [Operator, Departure airport]
26-Jun-2012 12:17 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type]
29-Sep-2015 07:59 Anon. Updated [Narrative]
06-Oct-2018 06:05 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
24-Jun-2019 17:34 TigerTimon Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative]

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