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V5962

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Crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off Morlaix. All three crew members were killed.
crew:
F/Sgt Ronald Fitzpatrick,
P/O Maurice Walter Lishman,
P/O Arnold Walter Martin.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim at RAF Ismailia

Date & Time: Apr 5, 1941

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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L8445

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Takeoff (climb)

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Military

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Yes

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Ismailia - Ismailia

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Ismailia

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Egypt

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Africa

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Shortly after takeoff from Ismailia Airport, the bomber collided with high tension wires and crashed. All three crew members were injured.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IF off Singapore: 3 killed

Date & Time: Apr 4, 1941 at 1000 LT

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L6667

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Singapore

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Singapore

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Asia

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The bomber went out of control and dove into the sea some 6 km east of Changi, Singapore. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O John Mansel-Lewis, pilot,
Sgt Denis Beaman,
S/L Charles Desmond Hackett.

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

Date & Time: Apr 4, 1941

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L9270

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Bodney - Bodney

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The airplane departed RAF Bodney at 1250LT on an anti-shipping mission. It crashed in unknown circumstances in the North Sea some 30 km off Bergen aan Zee. All three crew members were killed.
crew:
Sgt Albert Victor Message Farns,
Sgt William Watson Fox,
Sgt Norman Augustus Geer.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV near Dorchester: 3 killed

Date & Time: Apr 3, 1941

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T2439

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Plain, Valley

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West Raynham - West Raynham

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The airplane departed RAF West Raynham at 1915LT on an operation to Brest. It crashed and exploded 5 miles northwest of Dorchester. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Peter Ian Burrows, pilot,
Sgt George Benjamin Holt Birdsell, observer,
Sgt Hugh Raymond Perry, wireless operator.

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

Date & Time: Apr 3, 1941

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N3552

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The airplane departed RAF West Raynham at 1940LT on an operation to Brest. Lost without trace, maybe after it crashed somewhere in The Channel. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/Cdr Derek Addenbrooke,
Sgt Eric Edwin Blomeley,
P/O William Johnston Fenton.

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

Date & Time: Apr 2, 1941

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Z5818

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The airplane departed RAF Bodney on an anti-shipping mission. It was lost without trace, maybe it crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Alan Arthur Ford,
Sgt William Clifford Haynes,
Sgt Albert Lee.

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

Date & Time: Mar 31, 1941

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R3900

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The airplane departed RAF Watton at 1115LT on an anti-shipping mission. While approaching the Dutch coast, the airplane was shot down by ground fire from the Kriegsmarine Vorpostenboot and crashed into the sea off Texel Island. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Denis Alan Rogers, pilot,
P/O William Leslie Gourlay, observer,
Sgt George Herbert Howard, wireless operator.

Probable cause:

Shot down by enemy fire.

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

Date & Time: Mar 31, 1941

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R3884

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