Bristol 142 Blenheim

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L1238

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Training

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Yes

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8521

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1938

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The crew was completing a training exercise when the airplane suffered an engine failure and was ditched into the sea some 800 metres off the Point of Ayre, north of Isle of Man. Both crew members were rescued, among them one was injured.
Crew:
LAC A. J. Fry, pilot,
P/O Władysław Jerzy Kolakowski, pilot.

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Engine failure in flight.

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

Date & Time: Jul 7, 1941 at 1300 LT

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V5502

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Swanton Morley - Swanton Morley

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The airplane departed RAF Swanton Morley at 1127LT on an anti-shipping operation. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea off Scheveningen. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L Anthony Aloysius McDonald Scott, pilot,
Sgt Ronald George James Dewin, observer,
F/Sgt Patrick Conlon, wireless operator.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Jul 7, 1941 at 1300 LT

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V6084

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Norwich - Norwich

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The airplane departed RAF Horsham St Faith (Norwich) at 1142LT on an anti-shipping operation. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea off Scheveningen. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Horace Colvill Hilton, pilot,
Sgt Jack Sykes, observer,
Sgt John Clayton, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Jul 7, 1941 at 1238 LT

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Z7424

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Norwich - Norwich

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The airplane departed RAF Horsham St Faith (Norwich) at 1142LT on an anti-shipping operation. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in the North Sea, about 100 km west of Zanvoort. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt John Albert Causon, pilot,
Sgt Roy Spencer, observer,
Sgt William Bernard Cundill, wireless operator.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Burnham Market: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jul 7, 1941 at 0310 LT

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Z6041

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The airplane was shot down by the pilot of a JU.88 and crashed in Burnham Market, Norfolk. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Archibald Leeson, pilot,
F/O Ronald William Vernon Smith, observer,
Sgt Cyril Victor Pearce, wireless operator.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV at RAF Upwood

Date & Time: Jul 7, 1941 at 0010 LT

Type of aircraft:

Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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Registration:

V5532

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

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Training

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Yes

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Upwood - Upwood

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The crew was completing a local training mission and the pilot was on his second sortie when the airplane overshot the runway upon takeoff and crashed on a building near the airfield. The airplane was destroyed and both occupants were injured.
Sgt G. B. Smith, pilot,
Sgt J. Tippett, observer.

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

Date & Time: Jul 7, 1941

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Z7450

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Detling - Detling

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The airplane departed RAF Detling at 1503LT on operation 'Strike'. Approaching Dunkirk, it was shot down by the German Marine Flak and crashed into the sea off Gravelines. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L Lionel Aitken, pilot,
F/Sgt George Thomas Wood, observer,
Sgt John Henry Brown, wireless operator.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Marine Flak.

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

Date & Time: Jul 6, 1941

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Z7272

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Wattisham - Wattisham

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The airplane departed RAF Wattisham on an anti-shipping operation off Norderney. Along the Dutch coast, while flying too low, it collided with the mast of a ship and crashed. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Ronald Morgan,
P/O Crichton Macknight Stickney,
F/Sgt Harold Kenneth Vincent Wyatt.

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

Date & Time: Jul 6, 1941

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T1824

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