Bristol 142 Blenheim

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T2225

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Bodney - Bodney

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The airplane departed RAF Bodney on an operation to Antwerp. While approaching the target area, it crashed in unknown circumstances in Ekeren, north of Antwerp. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O John Rankin Rathbone, pilot,
P/O Frederick William McMurray, observer,
Sgt Allan Maurice Birt, wireless operator.

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

Date & Time: Dec 9, 1940 at 2130 LT

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N3617

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Training

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The bomber was completing a training sortie when it was mistakenly shot down by friendly fire and crashed in Bridge Farm, near Hemsby. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O William Ross Watson, pilot,
Sgt Gordon Boulton, observer,
Sgt Derek Arthur Shildrick, wireless operator.

Probable cause:

Mistakenly shot down by friendly fire.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IF in Elton: 2 killed

Date & Time: Dec 7, 1940

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L1235

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Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance

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Yes

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Wittering - Wittering

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8518

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1938

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The airplane departed RAF Wittering in the evening of December 7 to proceed with a check of the blackout over Peterborough. During the patrol, weather conditions deteriorated and the crew encountered storm. The pilot apparently lost control of the airplane that dove into the ground and crashed in a field located in Elton, southwest of Peterborough. Two crew members were killed and a third was injured.
Crew:
F/Lt John McCulloch Middlemore Hughes, pilot, †
Sgt F Blenkharn, observer,
Sgt Jack Richard Friend, wireless operator and air gunner. †

Probable cause:

Loss of control in bad weather.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim I in Vlorë: 2 killed

Date & Time: Dec 7, 1940

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L8457

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Tatoi - Tatoi

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Vlorë

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Albania

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Europe

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The bomber was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Vlorë (Valona). Two crew members were killed and a third became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Michael Peter Cazalet, †
Sgt Kenneth John Ridgewell, †
Sgt Forster

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Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim I in Vlorë: 3 killed

Date & Time: Dec 7, 1940

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L8455

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The airplane was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Vlorë (Valona). All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Leslie Philip Cattell,
Sgt Horace Albert Edward Taylor,
Sgt Frank Lionel Carter.

Probable cause:

Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim I in Agrínio: 3 killed

Date & Time: Dec 7, 1940

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L4926

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West Greece / Δυτική Ελλάδα

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8941

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1939

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Agrínio

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Greece

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Europe

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The bomber was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Agrínio, killing all three crew members.
Crew:
F/O Paul Bernard Pickersgill, pilot,
Sgt Harry Taylor, observer,
Sgt Norman Alfred Hallett, wireless operator and air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim I near Lamia: 3 killed

Date & Time: Dec 7, 1940

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L1535

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Central Greece / Στερεά Ελλάδα

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Mountains

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8818

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1939

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Lamia

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Greece

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Europe

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The bomber was returning to its base in Greece following an operation to Albania when it impacted the slope of a mountain near Lamia. All three crew members were killed.
Crew.
P/O Guy Inglis Jerdein, pilot,
Sgt James Ernest Barber, observer,
Sgt John Munro, wireless operator and air gunner.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Saranda

Date & Time: Dec 7, 1940

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L1381

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After being damaged by the pilot of an Italian fighter, the airplane crash landed near Saranda. All three crew members were uninjured.
Crew:
F/O K. Linton,
P/O A. C. Dunn,
Sgt R. L. Crowe.

Probable cause:

Shot down by an Italian fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Occold

Date & Time: Dec 5, 1940 at 2115 LT

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