Two RAF Blenheim/Boston loses France

[markjsheppard]

Hi all

Have a couple of loses I have been unable to find anothing on.

Blenheim Mk.IV R3602, 53 Squadron PZ-N (simply abandoned, but may have been damaged in a previous action). Lost in France, date or location unknown and probably will remain so.

Boston III (Intruder) AL459, 23 Squadron, YP-N (definitely lost on an op). No listing on lost bombers. Beleive to be between Mid 1941-42 between blenheim and Mosquito use.

Any assist would be a great help.

regards

Mark

[Henk Welting]

Mark,
R3602 crashlanded on Rouen-Boos 6-6-1940 and was abandoned.
P/O (Pilot) J.N. Bether safe, also the observer Sgt Randall.
Sgt (Wop/Ag) H.H. Wilson - 630349 suffered severe head injuries and was flown to England. He died 7-8-1940 in the Hurstwood Park Hospital, Haywards Heath, Sussex.

AL459 lost in France 28-6-1942 on an intruder mission to Evreux. Took off from Ford, Sussex 01.10 hrs.
This loss is in Norman Franks' Fighter Command Losses Vol.2 page 44, with the sqn-code YP-"W". Crew PoW.
P/O R.R. Coventry - 107279, Sgt R.R. Gunning - 1051919 and Sgt W.N. Barlow - 1059651.

Regards,
Henk.

[Blenheim]

R3602 had been damaged by Bf 109s prior to crash-landing.

[markjsheppard]

Henk

Thankyou very much for that info.

Could not find it anywhere.

I can confirm the Boston was definately coded N.

regards

Mark

[Henk Welting]

Thanks Mark; will amend the Boston code in my files.
Regards,
Henk.