Blenheim L9416 crashlanding in Belgium 12/04/40
 

On may 12 1940 Blenheim L9416 XD-A from 139 sqdn made a crashlanding near the village of Hoepertingen in Belgium. The crew was F/O Pepper N.E.W. DFC (EVD) Sgt Hyde T.E. (EVD) -AC1 Hill (POW) .
Can someone help me with the firstnames of the crewmembers

Regards

Alain57

Re: Blenheim L9416 crashlanding in Belgium 12/04/40
 

Alain,

CWGC provides likely answers for two:

W/Cdr Neville Ernest Wetherell Pepper and Sgt (Obs.) Thomas Eric Hyde, both killed on 3 Jun 1941 with 139 Squadron.

Unfortunate in a sense that these names were found on CWGC...

Groet,

Leendert

Re: Blenheim L9416 crashlanding in Belgium 12/04/40
 

Hello Leendert and Alain57,

If I do remember well, they were killed flying from Malta...I can be wrong, as my files are back home, but I do remember the name of W/C Pepper being related to an anti-ship mission though. Maybe someone else can add more details ( from 139 ORB ).
Yours

Baumgartner

Re: Blenheim L9416 crashlanding in Belgium 12/04/40
 

Thanks gentleman

Alain57