Date: 29/11/1940
Squadron Code: TR-E
Serial Number: Blenheim IV N3614
Flight/Mission Details:

Base: Thorney island.
Op: Moon Patrol.

Missing, failed to return. Sgt. Magee, from Eire and his fellow crew are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.

Monday 22nd july 1940 – 6 blenheims of 59 sqdn and one Hudson bombed invasion barges at Amsterdam.  On return the undercarriage of Blenheim R3639 collapsed on landing at Thorney Island. The aircraft caught fire and burnt out but fortunately, the crew P/O Hovenier , Sgt Magee and Sgt Scothcmere escaped unhurt.

 
Crew Details:

All lost:

HOVENIER, AP 41927 29/11/1940
MAGEE, LE 581233 29/11/1940
SCOTCHMERE, JB 552935 29/11/1940

Source: C/C Losses - McNeill - The Other Few - Larry Donnelly

During WWII, the RAF used three-letter codes to identify their aircraft from a distance. Two large letters were painted before the roundel, which signified the squadron to which the aircraft belonged, and another letter was painted after the roundel which indicated the individual aircraft. Aditionally, there was the individual serial number for each aircraft, which was painted in a much smaller size, usually somewhere at the rear of the aircraft: (more)

Codes used by RAF 59 Squadron:

PJ Sep 1938 - Sep 1939
TR Sep 1939 - Oct 1942
1 Aug 1943 - Jul 1944
WE Jul 1944 - Oct 1945
BY Oct 1945 - Jun 1946, Dec 1947 - Oct 1950