Date:	Sunday 23 June 1940
Time:	15:30
Type:	Bristol Blenheim Mk IV
Owner/operator:	107 Sqn RAF
Registration:	R3688
MSN:	OM-
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Ronde Blesse Rd, Willemsoord, 6km NW of Steenwijk, province Overijssel -   Netherlands
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Wattisham, Suffolk
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Blenheim R3688: Took off at 13:35 hrs for an operation to Soest airfield, Nordrhein-Westfalen,Ger. 23/06/1940
Turned back to attack the alternative target, Schiphol airfield.
The aircraft was shot down by a Bf 110 'Zerstörer' of the I./ZG 76.
Crew:
P/O.(40376) Stephen George ESSON (Pilot) RAF : killed
P/O (77983) James Johnstone TOZER (Obs.) RAFVR : killed (NCO:745622 Commission Gazetted : Friday 26 April, 1940)
Sgt.(967455) George Ross MURCHISON (WOp/AG) RAFVR - killed

Crew is buried at Steenwijkerwold (Willemsoord) Algemene begraafplaats (General Cemetery), The Netherlands.

1.ORB 107 Sqdn RAF
2.Blenheim production list
3.CWGC
4.https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl
5.book 'Vliegvelden in Oorlogstijd'
6.https://www.verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T0728
6.http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Jagdgeschwader/Inhalt.htm
7.London Gazette

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
17-Dec-2008 11:45	ASN archive	Added
22-Jun-2019 06:19	TigerTimon	Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]
25-Jun-2019 05:42	stehlik49	Updated [Operator, ]
21-Apr-2020 19:02	TigerTimon	Updated [Narrative, ]
19-Jun-2022 10:32	Ron Averes	Updated [Location, ]
23-Jun-2023 06:41	Rob Davis	Updated
27-Aug-2024 21:35	Nepa	Updated [Source, Operator, ]
09-Sep-2024 12:48	Nepa	Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator, ]
30-Jul-2025 09:19	MMR	Updated [Source, Narrative, ]