Bristol 142 Blenheim

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L1342

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Training

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Swanton Morley - Swanton Morley

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8625

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1938

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The crew was engaged in a local training exercise at RAF Swanton Morley when the airplane collided with a second Bristol Blenheim registered P6954 and carrying a crew of three. Both airplanes crashed in the vicinity of the airbase and were destroyed. Both crew were injured while two crew members were killed and a third was injured in the second airplane.
Crew:
F/Lt P. R. Barr,
F/Sgt Bennett.

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

Date & Time: Jul 28, 1941

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P6954

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Training

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Swanton Morley - Swanton Morley

MSN:

9464

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1940

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The crew was engaged in a local training exercise at RAF Swanton Morley when the airplane collided with a second Bristol Blenheim registered L1342 and carrying a crew of two. Both airplanes crashed in the vicinity of the airbase and were destroyed. Two crew members were killed and a third was injured. On the second airplane, both crew were injured.
Crew:
P/O Michael Forster, pilot, †
F/Sgt Eric Ernest Sturgeon, observer, †
F/Sgt J. Rennie.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim I at Sungai Besi AFB

Date & Time: Jul 26, 1941

Type of aircraft:

Landing (descent or approach)

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L6635

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Military

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Kuala Lumpur-Sungai Besi AFB (Sempang)

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Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur

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Malaysia

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Asia

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The airplane suffered an engine failure and overshot the runway after landing, causing the undercarriage to collapse. There were no casualties.

Probable cause:

Engine failure.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim I at RAF Upwood: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jul 25, 1941

Type of aircraft:

Landing (descent or approach)

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L6800

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Training

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Upwood - Upwood

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The pilot was completing a solo training exercise at RAF Upwood when the airplane crashed on approach near the airfield boundary. The airplane was destroyed and the pilot was killed.
Crew:
Sgt Alan Hewitt Abbott Johnson, pilot.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Den Helder: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jul 23, 1941 at 1253 LT

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R3666

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Norwich - Norwich

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The airplane departed RAF Horsham St Faith at 1145LT on an anti-shipping operation. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed into the sea off Den Helder. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Ronald William Adamson, observer,
Sgt William Matthie Gillam Dunham,
Sgt Norman Laurence Harding.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Jul 23, 1941 at 1253 LT

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V6250

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Norwich - Norwich

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The airplane departed RAF Horsham St Faith at 1145LT on an anti-shipping operation. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed into the sea off Camperduin. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Peter Dorsan Baker,
Sgt William Charles Kenneth Bounds,
P/O Leonard Frederick Evans.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Ostend: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jul 23, 1941

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Z7438

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Manston - Manston

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The airplane departed RAF Manston at 1400LT on an anti-shipping operation. Approaching the Belgian coast, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea off Ostend. The wireless operator was killed and both other crew members were rescued and became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt Frank Landseer Campbell-Rogers, pilot,
Sgt David Edward Bingham, observer,
Sgt John Patrick Sullivan, wireless operator. †

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Ostend: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jul 23, 1941

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V6035

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Manston - Manston

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The airplane departed RAF Manston on an anti-shipping operation. Approaching the Belgian coast, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea off Ostend. Two crew members were killed and a third became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Philip Bernard Ashby, pilot, †
P/O Gilbert Frank Lowes, observer,
P/O Gerald Henry Seeley, wireless operator and air gunner. †

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV of Vlissingen: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jul 23, 1941

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V6225

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