Bristol Blenheim (type IV, serial R3764, code LS-) crashed in the Schelde near Breskens

On Tuesday 30 July 1940, a member of the 15 Sqdn, Flying Officer P F Eames, took off from Wyton in the United Kingdom. His mission is mentioned elsewhere on WW2 History Europe. You can find the other details of this mission by searching here. Training and cargo flights are not separately mentioned as a mission. The plane left at 15:50.

He flew with a Bristol Blenheim (type IV, serial R3764, code LS-).

Photo Gerrit Zijlstra

Day or Night of operation Operation Target 30 Jul 40 - Paderborn Factory Aircraft Mk Serial/Wnr. Call Sign Unit Air Force TO/t Airfield Bristol Blenheim IV R3764 LS-U 15 Sqdn RAF 1550 Wyton Time Cause of the Crash Crash Location Damage Province 2000 Shot down by Oblt. F. Eckerle of 6./JG 54 Crashed in the Schelde near Breskens   Zeeland Source Mag / Page Additional sources Chorley W.R., Bomber Command Losses 1939-1940 94 "En nooit was het stil I" p.67; "Blenheim Strike" p.250 for location and code / call-sign; SGLO losses '39-'41 for time; Archive F. Auwerda for cause

Function Mil Rank Ini Name Hon Mil reg Air Force Cemetery Grave Remark Pilot F/O. P.F. Eames     RAF Survived   pow Observer P/O. F.H. Jones   44074 RAF Breskens 20   Air gunner Sgt. P. Murphy   532831 RAF Runnymede Memorial 17

 

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