Date & Time:
Jun 27, 1940 at 1522 LT
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
N3543
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Bircham Newton - Bircham Newton
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
3
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Bircham Newton at 1255LT on a reconnaissance mission over the IJsselmeer Lake. It was shot down by the pilot of a Me.109 and crashed in Oegstgeest, in the suburb of Leyde. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Alan Roger Wales, pilot,
Sgt John Walter Needham, observer,
Sgt Thomas Charles Jordan, wireless operator and air gunner.
Crew:
P/O Alan Roger Wales, pilot,
Sgt John Walter Needham, observer,
Sgt Thomas Charles Jordan, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
