Date & Time:
Aug 13, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
T1889
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Watton - Watton
Country:
Denmark
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
0
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Watton at 0840LT on a bombing mission over Aalborg. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crash landed in a field located in Vust, about 48 km west of the Aalborg Airport. All three crew members became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Robert Murphy Mervyn Biden,
Sgt Thomas Graham,
Sgt J. A. Oates.
Crew:
P/O Robert Murphy Mervyn Biden,
Sgt Thomas Graham,
Sgt J. A. Oates.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.
