Bristol 142 Blenheim

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V6319

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Swanton Morley - Swanton Morley

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The airplane departed RAF Swanton Morley at 1844LT on an anti-shipping operation. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea off Scheveningen. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Peter Harris Watts, pilot,
F/Sgt David Drummond Milroy, observer,
Sgt Percy Brown Murray, wireless operator.

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Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Bergen aan Zee: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jun 15, 1941 at 1939 LT

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V6375

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Manston - Manston

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The airplane departed RAF Manston at 1827LT on an anti-shipping operation. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by an Me.109 and crashed into the sea some 50 km west of Bergen aan Zee. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Arthur Edwin Guesford, pilot,
Sgt Clifford Frank Shearn, observer,
Sgt Leslie Percy Charles Rolfe, wireless operator.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV into The Channel: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jun 14, 1941 at 0725 LT

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V6334

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Wattisham - Wattisham

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The airplane departed RAF Wattisham to bomb an airfield in Saint-Omer. It crashed in unknown circumstances into The Channel, killing all three crew members.
Crew:
F/Lt Peter Windram, pilot,
P/O Peter Ronald Greville Howes, observer,
F/Sgt Robert Louis Cox, wireless operator.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IF at RAF Wittering: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jun 14, 1941

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L6726

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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Training

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Wittering - Wittering

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The pilot departed RAF Wittering on a local solo training exercise. While circling in the vicinity of the airbase, he lost control of the airplane that crashed in an open field and was destroyed. The pilot Sgt Horace Francis Henry Gigney was killed.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV at RAF Upwood

Date & Time: Jun 12, 1941

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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Z5950

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Takeoff (climb)

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Training

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Upwood - Upwood

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The pilot was engaged in a local solo training flight at RAF Upwood. Just after takeoff, the airplane suffered an engine failure and crashed near the bomb dump. The pilot was uninjured while the airplane was damaged beyond repair.
Crew:
Sgt P. Stocks, pilot.

Probable cause:

Engine failure upon takeoff.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Ismailia: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jun 12, 1941

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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L4830

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Takeoff (climb)

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Ismailia - Ismailia

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8845

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1939

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Ismailia

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Egypt

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Africa

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The pilot departed Ismailia Airport on a local training exercise on behalf of the 70th Operational Training Unit. After takeoff, the airplane stalled, dove into the ground and crashed. The pilot was killed.
Crew:
Sgt Mervyn Cobbe Crombie, pilot.

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

Date & Time: Jun 11, 1941

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V6367

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Great Massingham - Great Massingham

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The airplane departed RAF Great Massingham at 0913LT on an anti-shipping operation to Germany. It was lost without trace, probably it crashed somewhere in the North Sea off the German coast.
All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Victor Alfred Lewis,
P/O Reginald Gwynne Sammons,
Sgt Peter John Walker.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Schiermonnikoog Island: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jun 9, 1941 at 1705 LT

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V6428

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Oulton - Oulton

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Schiermonnikoog Island

Friesland

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Netherlands

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Europe

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The airplane departed RAF Oulton at 1518LT on an anti-shipping operation. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off the island of Schiermonnikoog. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Ian Arthur Bullivant, pilot,
F/Sgt Samuel Douglas Gallery,
F/Sgt Robert Frederick Hind.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Jun 9, 1941 at 1600 LT

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V6427

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