Bristol 142 Blenheim

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L9020

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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Training

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Attlebridge - Attlebridge

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The airplane was engaged in a local training exercise at RAF Attlebridge when it crashed near the airfield. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Patrick Claude Nangle, pilot,
F/Sgt Bernard Fullerton, observer,
Sgt Ian Alistair MacDonald, wireless operator.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Lerwick: 3 killed

Date & Time: Oct 19, 1941

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Z5753

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Aberdeen - Aberdeen

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The airplane departed Aberdeen-Dyce Airport on a convoy mission. While returning to base in darkness, the crew encountered poor weather conditions. Unable to locate the airfield, he diverted to Wick when the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off Lerwick. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Irvine Alfred Maxwell Barber,
F/Sgt Ernest Gillam,
Sgt Joseph Shaw.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IVF in Everingham: 1 killed

Date & Time: Oct 17, 1941 at 2300 LT

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V5622

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Plain, Valley

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Church Fenton - Church Fenton

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The pilot departed RAF Church Fenton on a night solo training flight. En route, he attempted to bail out for unknown reasons when the airplane dove into the ground and crashed at high speed south of Everingham. The pilot was killed.
Crew:
Sgt Thomas Craig Bramley, pilot.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV at RAF Luqa: 2 killed

Date & Time: Oct 16, 1941

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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Z7511

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Takeoff (climb)

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Test

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Yes

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Luqa - Luqa

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The crew was engaged in a local test flight at RAF Luqa. Shortly after liftoff, one of the engine caught fire. The pilot lost control of the airplane that crashed near the airfield. Two crew members were killed and a third was seriously injured.
Crew:
F/O Samuel McAllister, pilot, †
Sgt Edward Harry Brenton, observer, †
Sgt W. E. Martin, wireless operator.

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Engine fire upon takeoff.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV into the North Sea: 3 killed

Date & Time: Oct 15, 1941 at 1205 LT

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V5875

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West Raynham - West Raynham

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The airplane departed RAF West Raynham at 0745LT on an anti-shipping operation. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in the North Sea some 130 km west-northwest of Den Helder. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Christian Samuel Balzer,
Sgt Howard Lee Elliott,
Sgt Victor Frederick William Slade.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Le Havre: 3 killed

Date & Time: Oct 15, 1941

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Z7494

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Tangmere - Tangmere

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The airplane departed RAF Tangmere at 1346LT to attack a tanker reported at Le Havre. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by a Me.109 and crashed into the sea. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Seymour Leslie Thomas Paine, pilot,
Sgt Reginald George Banks,
Sgt William James Stanley Wolstenholme.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Le Havre: 3 killed

Date & Time: Oct 15, 1941

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Z7493

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The airplane departed RAF Tangmere at 1346LT to attack a tanker reported at Le Havre. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by a Me.109 and crashed into the sea. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Raymond Meredith Hudson, pilot,
Sgt George Stephenson Needler,
Sgt Derek Poulston.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV into the North Sea: 3 killed

Date & Time: Oct 15, 1941

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Z7320

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Oulton - Oulton

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The airplane departed RAF Oulton at 0758LT on an anti-shipping operation. It was lost without trace and probably crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
F/O Thomas Roy Paxton, pilot,
P/O Herbert Mitchell Clarke, observer,
F/O Royston Charles Holloway, wireless operator.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV into the North Sea: 3 killed

Date & Time: Oct 15, 1941

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Z7300

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