Bristol 142 Blenheim

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V6122

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Crashed for unknown reasons into the sea off Lorient. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Charles Edward Greville-Heygate, pilot,
P/O Geoffrey Troup, observer,
Sgt Charles Holt Naylor, wireless operator and air gunner.

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

Date & Time: Jun 26, 1941

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V6087

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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Saint Eval - Saint Eval

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The airplane departed RAF St Eval at 1110LT on an anti-shipping operation of the French coast. It crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off Lorient, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Dennis Trevelyan Herrick, pilot,
Sgt Gordon Francis Wilson Gahagan,
Sgt George Leonard Wells.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Southend

Date & Time: Jun 25, 1941 at 1330 LT

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Landing (descent or approach)

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V6381

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Yes

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Watton - Watton

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The airplane departed RAF Watton at 1117LT to bomb Hazebrouck marshalling yards (Operation 'Circus 22') and crashed while landing at Southend Airfield. All three crew members escaped uninjured.
Crew:
Sgt L. J. Richards,
Sgt Oderbolz,
Sgt Field.

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

Date & Time: Jun 25, 1941

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V6259

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Plain, Valley

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Oulton - Oulton

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The airplane departed RAF Oulton at 1510 to attack the airport of Saint-Omer. Approaching the target, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Clairmarais. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Wilfred Harold Mounser, pilot,
Sgt Geoffrey Kempshall Richards, observer,
Sgt William Leslie Waite, wireless operator.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IVF at RAF Church Fenton

Date & Time: Jun 25, 1941

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Landing (descent or approach)

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Z6251

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Training

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Church Fenton - Church Fenton

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The pilot was completing a local solo training flight when the airplane crashed on approach to RAF Church Fenton. The airplane was destroyed and the pilot was uninjured.
Crew:
P/O Malcolm Richard Peter Oxley, pilot.

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

Date & Time: Jun 23, 1941

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V6195

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Plain, Valley

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Great Massingham - Great Massingham

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The airplane departed RAF Great Massingham at 1858LT on operation 'Circus 20'. Approaching Dunkirk, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Maurice Viner Redfearn-Smith, pilot,
Sgt John Alfred Rudkin, observer,
Sgt Kenneth Thomas Noakes, wireless operator.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV near Dunkirk

Date & Time: Jun 23, 1941

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V5517

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Great Massingham - Great Massingham

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The airplane departed RAF Great Massingham at 1858LT on operation 'Circus 20'. Approaching Dunkirk, it was shot down by a German fighter and crash landed. All three crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Ronald Buckingham,
F/O Edward Thomas Fairbank,
P/O Thomas Frederick Harrison.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Saint-Omer: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jun 21, 1941 at 1335 LT

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V6450

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Watton - Watton

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The airplane departed RAF Watton at 1315LT to attack the airport of Saint-Omer. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by an Me.109 and crashed. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Peter Brown, pilot,
Sgt Leslie Redvers Wilson, observer,
Sgt Maurice Dudley Brooker, wireless operator.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV near RAF Swanton Morley: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jun 20, 1941 at 1400 LT

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V6336

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Training

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