ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 90034
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| Date: | 07-SEP-1940 |
| Time: | 15:55 |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IF |
| Owner/operator: | 600 (City of London) Squadron Royal Air Force (600 (City of London) Sqn RAF) |
| Registration: | L6684 |
| MSN: | BQ-S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | East Close, Rainham, Essex -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hornchurch, Essex |
Unlike their German counterpart the Bf110 British twin engine fighter aircraft like the Blenheim avoided clearly unequal combat with the enemy in daylight. It was then relatively unusual for such aircraft to be flying on the busy and dangerous afternoon of September 7, 1940.
At 16:43 that afternoon a Hornchurch based 600 (City of London) Squadron Bristol Blenheim, L6684 ("BQ-S"), crashed at East Close, Rainham, Essex, killing its crew of two, Sergeant A Saunders and Sergeant J W Davies. The aircraft was approaching the aerodrome from the south when its port engine failed, causing it to crash into East Close, a location only a stones throw away from the crash site of the JG26 Messerschmitt Bf 109 a week earlier.
Crew fatalities:
Flight Sgt Albert Frederick Charles Saunders (pilot, Service Number 748574, aged 19) - killed; buried at Wandsworth (Earlsfield) Cemetery, Wandsworth, London Block 32. Grave 40.
Flight Sgt John William Davies (Wireless Op/Air Gunner, Service Number 938521, aged 22) - killed; buried at Rounday (St. John) Churchyard, Leeds, West Yorkshire, Sec. C. Joint grave 180.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-L9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1978 p 45)
2. http://600squadronassociation.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/The-Right-of-The-Line-Jun-2012_sm.pdf
3. http://www.nwamuseum.co.uk/WESTESSEXcrashesMishaps3WW2.pdf
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2413161/davies,-john-william/
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2429632/saunders,-albert-frederick-charles/
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Feb-2011 23:12 | angels one five | Added |
| 10-Jan-2012 14:38 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 10-Jan-2012 14:39 | Nepa | Updated [Registration] |
| 22-Jan-2012 21:55 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 15-Dec-2014 17:21 | Jixon | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Oct-2018 19:33 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 27-May-2019 22:19 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-May-2019 12:49 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 09-Sep-2021 15:55 | Jay | Updated [Date, Time] |
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