Update 2017
Update 2017
Hello Jim,
Searching for more information I went back to the archive of Zevenaar. On 15041940 different Dutch newspapers wrote articles about the airfight. In details there are differences for further research.
There was a rumour afterwards that one of the German fighters was going down just over the border by Huethem behind Elten. What I found was that Jagdgeschwader 20(station Bönninghardt) lost two planes during that period with the pilots coming down in safety. Till now I could not find confirmation iff one of those planes came down on 14041940 and where.
An other detail says that the second Blenheim, who got away was damaged. I have read somewhere that the Operation Records Book from April 1940 from 57 Squadron were lost in France. So that’s difficult to find out.
I have also read that more neighbours of Beekseweg 33 took pieces of the plane with them. A lot of people visited the crashsite the next day. Maybe there is still something in that neighbourhood to find.
Till so far,
Giel
An update from Giel - May 6, 2017