Saint-Omer | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives

The airplane departed RAF Feltwell at 2225LT on August 6 on an operation to Mannheim. It was shot down by enemy fire and crashed near Saint-Omer in the early morning of the following day. All six crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Basil Cleaver,
Sgt Norman Charles Davies,
Sgt Eric Lloyd,
Sgt Raymond Parish,
Sgt Michael Picton Whitworth,
Sgt D. McCraig.

Probable cause:

Shot down by enemy fire.

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

Date & Time: Jun 21, 1941 at 1335 LT

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Bristol 142 Blenheim

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V6450

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Flight

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Bombing

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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.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV near Saint-Omer: 1 killed

Date & Time: May 28, 1940 at 1400 LT

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Bristol 142 Blenheim

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L8744

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The airplane departed RAF Watton at 1230LT on a bombing mission over Clairmarais. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in the Clairmarais Forest located about four km east of Saint-Omer. A crew was killed and two others were injured.
Crew:
Sgt R. G. Bailes, pilot,
Sgt Arnold Edward Desmond Twamley, observer,
AC1 S. C. Thompson, wireless operator and air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Saint-Omer

Date & Time: May 23, 1940

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Bristol 142 Blenheim

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R3691

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Poix-Croixrault - Poix-Croixrault

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The crew bailed out and abandoned the airplane that crashed in Saint-Omer. All three crew members became PoW.
Crew:
F/O S. G. L. Pepys, pilot,
Sgt A. J. Haygteen, observer,
AC2 H. Spear, wireless operator and air gunner.