Date:	Thursday 16 November 1939
Time:	14:15
Type:	Bristol Blenheim Mk I
Owner/operator:	57 Sqn RAF
Registration:	L1148
MSN:	DX-H
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Sint-Baafs-Vijve, north-west of Waregem in West Vlaanderen -   Belgium
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Rosieres-en-Santerre airfield (Fr.)
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Blenheim L1148. Forced-landed at Sint-Baafs-Vijve at 14:15 hrs, off the Gent-Kortrijk road, north-west of Waregem in West Vlaanderen, Belgium due to severe icing and low cloud base on return from a reconnaissance sortie between Bocholt and Meppen in western Germany.
Became lost on reconnaissance flight and forced landed on the Gent-Kortrijk road near Waregem (West-Vlaanderen) Belgium. According to the official Air Ministry file on the incident (File AIR 81/51): "Blenheim L1148 landed in Belgium, 16 November 1939. Sgt A W Gillmore, Sgt B R Turnnidge and AC1 T J Jervis interned".
Crew:
Sgt (517542) Alfred William GILLMORE (pilot) RAF :Ok
Sgt (580560) Bernard Robert TURNNIDGE (Obs.) RAF :Ok
AC.1 (551360) Terence James JERVIS (WOp/AG) RAF :Ok

The crew all unhurt and interned in Fort 2 at Borsbeek, near Antwerp.
The three crewmen were released when the German armed forces attacked Belgium on 10/05/1940
and were reported to have re-joined their unit by May 13th .

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-L9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/51: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/C14142168
3. Chorley: Bomber Command Losses Vol 1
4. http://www.belgian-wings.be
5. Blenheim production list
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