ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 54120
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| Date: | Friday 10 May 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 40 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L8776 |
| MSN: | BL-K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Gravenzande, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wyton, Huntingdonshire |
Blenheim L8776/K: Took off at 09:15 hrs for a reconnoitre The Hague, NL. 10/05/1940
When the German assault in the West, with armoured thrusts deep into France, Belgium and Holland, opened on May 10, 40 Squadron sent two Blenheims to reconnoitre The Hague, in the Netherlands. However, in an ominous portent of the Blenheim’s vulnerability,
S/Ldr Brian Paddon’s aircraft was badly damaged.and F/O Robbie Burn’s crew in L8776 was shot down.
Shot down by light Flak/AAA in the vicinity of Gravenzande, 12 km SW of Den Haag (Zuid Holland).
Crew:
Sgt (564099) James Reginald BROOKER (WOp/AG) RAF - injured /POW
F/O (33304) Robert Maclean BURNS (pilot) RAF - injured /POW
W/O (521567) Geoffrey HURFORD (obs.) RAF - injured /POW
All the above wounded, captured and taken as PoWs. Gravenzande is a town in the province of South Holland, in the Netherlands. It is a part of the municipality of Westland, and lies about 12 kilometres southwest of The Hague.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-L9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain 1978 p 59)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/208: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14142033
3. http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/40_squadron.html#1005rec
4. http://www.rafcommands.com/archive/08374.php
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/'s-Gravenzande
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 26-Feb-2010 01:00 | penguin832 | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Narrative] |
| 19-Jun-2013 10:04 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Phase, Narrative] |
| 14-Aug-2013 20:40 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 15-Dec-2014 17:01 | Jixon | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 09-Oct-2018 17:16 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 15-Jun-2019 23:58 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Jun-2022 00:24 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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