235 Sqn - Loss 18 May 1940

[andy bird]

I would appreciate if anyone could help me.

A Blenheim from the squadron crashed on May 18th 1940.

As I do not have the ORB pages for this date/year.

Would it be possible to tell me if they flew out from Bircham Newton, their take-off time that would be very useful as would the crew list and aircraft code/serial no.
Desitnation/Flight Plan/cause of loss flak/enemy fighter?

With Thanks in advance
Andy Bird
235 Sqn Registrar

[Chris Goss]

Andy: I will answer this when I get home on Sunday

[Peter Cornwell]

Andy,

I have the following:

235 Squadron, Bircham Newton Shipping protection Ostende

Blenheim IV L9395. Shot down by S/Lt Jacquemet, Adj Marchais, and Sgt Dietrich of GC II/8 and crashed in the sea off Nieuport 7.10 p.m. P/O C. S. Robinson, Sgt D. V. Moseley, and LAC A. E. Waddington missing. Aircraft lost.
Yet another tragic accident, despite the efforts of Adj Henri Mir of GC II/8 who recognised the aircraft as a Blenheim and tried to alert attacking pilots who took it for an He111. Some accounts suggest that it was also attacked by an RAF Hurricane but no corresponding claim has been traced.

[Chris Goss]

This matches with the 235 Sqn diary