Crash of a Consolidated B-24D-CO Liberator in Whittlesey

Date & Time: Mar 29, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Consolidated B-24 Liberator
Operator:
Registration:
FL950
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
MSN:
158
YOM:
1941
Location:
Whittlesey
Cambridgeshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
10
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Following an uneventful mission, the crew was returning to his base in the UK. En route, a fuel exhaustion forced all 10 crew members to abandon the aircraft and to bail out. While the aircraft crashed in a field and was destroyed, all 10 occupants were unhurt.
Probable cause:
Fuel exhaustion.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV near Whittlesey

Date & Time: Aug 29, 1941 at 1415 LT
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
R3734
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Upwood - Upwood
Location:
Whittlesey
Cambridgeshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was engaged in a training exercise out from RAF Upwood. The right engine failed in flight, forcing the crew to attempt an emergency landing. The airplane crash landed in an open field located about 5 km west of Whittlesey. Both crew members were uninjured.
Crew:
P/O J. G. C. Grieve,
P/O G. J. Rowley.
Probable cause:
Failure of the right engine in flight.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Whittlesey

Date & Time: Dec 3, 1939
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
L4884
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Upwood - Upwood
MSN:
8899
YOM:
1939
Location:
Whittlesey
Cambridgeshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
At dusk, the crew was returning to his base at RAF Upwood but became lost. The pilot attempted an emergency landing in Whittlesey, about 13 km north of the airbase. After landing, the aircraft hit a dyke and came to rest upside down. Both crew members were injured.
Crew:
Sgt L. Charnock,
AC1 J. Harking.
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