Bristol 142 Blenheim

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L9185

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Watton - Watton

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The airplane was apparently mistakenly shot down by friendly fire and crash landed in Wimereux. All three crew members survived.
Crew:
P/O V. Rees, pilot,
Sgt N. V. Pusey, observer,
LAC K. E. Murray, wireless operator and air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in La Chaussée-Tirancourt

Date & Time: May 19, 1940 at 0700 LT

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Registration:

L4856

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Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance

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Yes

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Poix-de-Picardie - Poix-de-Picardie

MSN:

8871

YOM:

1939

Location:

La Chaussée-Tirancourt

Somme

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France

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Europe

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The airplane departed Poix-de-Picardie on a reconnaissance mission over Lessines and Ath, Belgium. After being hit by enemy fire, the airplane ran out of fuel and crash landed in a field in La Chaussée-Tirancourt. All three crew members evaded, one was injured.
Crew:
P/O Clive R. Wylie, pilot,
AC1 Houlihan, observer,
Sgt Liddiard, wireless operator and air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Crécy-en-Ponthieu

Date & Time: May 19, 1940

Type of aircraft:

Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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Registration:

L9191

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

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Military

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Yes

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Crashed upon takeoff from Crécy-en-Ponthieu Airfield. All three crew members were injured.
Crew:
F/L R. G. Wheldon, pilot,
Sgt A. E. Craig, observer,
Sgt G. Hawkins, wireless operator and air gunner.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Preux-au-Bois: 2 killed

Date & Time: May 18, 1940 at 1605 LT

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L8853

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Wyton – Abbeville

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The airplane departed RAF Wyton on a positioning flight to Abbeville. While cruising northeast of Le Cateau-Cambrésis, it was shot down by the pilot of a Me.109 and crashed. Two crew members were killed and a third was injured.
Crew:
S/L Hector Yeates Lawrence, pilot, †
Sgt Reginald George Hopkins, observer, †
LAC E. L. H. Thomas, wireless operator and air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Frévent: 3 killed

Date & Time: May 18, 1940 at 1411 LT

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Registration:

L4841

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Bombing

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Poix-Croixrault - Poix-Croixrault

MSN:

8856

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1939

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While on a combat operation, the airplane was shot down by the pilot of a Me.109 and crashed in Frévent. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Leslie Jack Huggett, pilot,
Sgt Anthony Colin Gothard, observer,
AC1 William August Christie, wireless operator and air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Maubray: 2 killed

Date & Time: May 18, 1940 at 1015 LT

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R3702

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Vitry-en-Artois - Vitry-en-Artois

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Shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Maubray. Two crew members were killed and a third was injured.
Crew:
P/O Roy A. Durie, pilot,
Sgt Robert Burns, observer,
AC1 William George Murdoch, wireless operator and air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by Flak.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Fontaine-au-Pire

Date & Time: May 18, 1940

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Registration:

L4861

Flight Phase:

Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance

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Survivors:

Yes

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Poix-de-Picardie - Poix-de-Picardie

MSN:

8876

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1939

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The airplane departed Poix-de-Picardie on a reconnaissance mission. After being shot down by the pilot of a Me.109, it crash landed in a farmland in Fontaine-au-Pire. Two crew members were injured and a third was unhurt. The following day, all became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Paul Gordon Royle, pilot,
Sgt E. F. Woods, observer,
AC2 A. H. Malkin, wireless operator and air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Landrecies: 3 killed

Date & Time: May 18, 1940

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L8852

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Military

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Wyton - Abbeville

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The airplane departed RAF Wyton on a positioning flight to Abbeville. While cruising northeast of Le Cateau-Cambrésis, it was shot down by the pilot of a Me.109 and crashed. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O F. D. Dawson-Jones, pilot,
Sgt W. Baxter, observer,
LAC C. G. Watts, wireless operator and air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Landrecies: 3 killed

Date & Time: May 18, 1940

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P6917

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Military

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