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Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Damville

Date & Time: Jun 11, 1940 at 1935 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
L8743
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Bodney - Bodney
Location:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Bodney at 1700LT on a bombing mission over Northern France. It was shot down by enemy fire and crash landed in Damville. All three crew members survived.
Crew:
P/O R. M. Rogers, pilot,
Sgt H. G. U. Huckins, observer,
Sgt W. H. A. Bradshaw, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Boulleville: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jun 11, 1940 at 1835 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
R3674
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Bodney - Bodney
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Bodney at 1700LT on a bombing mission. It was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter and crashed in Boulleville. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt John J. Outhwaite, pilot,
Sgt James P. Waters, observer,
Sgt John M. Sculfer, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Pont-Audemer: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jun 11, 1940 at 1245 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
L8851
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Wyton - Wyton
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Wyton at 1130LT to combat operations over Northern France. En route, it collided with a second RAF Blenheim registered L9024. Two crew members on board L9024 bailed out and its pilot attempted an emergency landing when he lost control of the airplane that crashed in Freneuse-sur-Risle. The aircraft was destroyed and the pilot was killed. Both other crew members were uninjured. The Blenheim registered L8851 crashed in Pont-Audemer, killing its entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Raymond H. Werner, pilot,
Sgt Maurice G. Jones, observer,
Sgt Ronald Spencer, wireless operator and air gunner.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Freneuse-sur-Risle: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jun 11, 1940 at 1245 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
L9024
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Wyton - Wyton
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Wyton at 1130LT to combat operations over Northern France. En route, it collided with a second RAF Blenheim registered L8851. Two crew members bailed out and the pilot attempted an emergency landing when he lost control of the airplane that crashed in Freneuse-sur-Risle. The aircraft was destroyed and the pilot was killed. Both other crew members were uninjured. The Blenheim registered L8851 crashed in Pont-Audemer, killing all its crew.
Crew:
F/O Ronald Belmore Gower Edward Clark, pilot,
Sgt T. J. W. Maloney, observer,
Sgt B. S. J. Piff, wireless operator and air gunner.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Étrépagny

Date & Time: May 25, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
L4859
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Andover - Andover
MSN:
8874
YOM:
1939
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Andover on a reconnaissance mission over Abbeville and Saint-Pol. En route, it was shot down by the pilots of Heinkel and Me.109. With one engine out, the airplane belly landed in an open field and came to rest. Two crew members evaded and a third became PoW.
Crew:
P/O H. D. Carruthers, pilot,
Sgt Shelton, observer,
AC1 Salmon, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by German fighters.

Crash of a Vickers 408 Wellington IA in Plainville: 5 killed

Date & Time: May 16, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
P9229
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Marham - Marham
Location:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The aircraft departed RAF Marham at 2335LT on May 15 on a bombing mission over Duisburg. While cruising at night, the bomber went out of control and crashed in a field located in Plainville. All five crew members were killed.
Crew (115th Squadron):
F/O Herbert Perstyl Evans, pilot,
F/Lt Alec Edward Pringle, pilot,
Sgt Thomas Russell Kirkham, navigator,
Cpl Roger Colin John Pilgrim, wireless operator and air gunner,
Cpl Reginald Frederick Fallows, air gunner.

Crash of a Douglas DB-7 Boston in Évreux

Date & Time: May 6, 1940
Operator:
Registration:
U-238
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Évreux - Évreux
MSN:
23
YOM:
1940
Location:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Évreux on a bombing mission over a German column moving from Cambrai to Bohain. The aircraft was hit by enemy fire and the crew was able to evacuate the area and to return to his base, but the aircraft crashed upon landing at Évreux Airbase. All three crew members were rescued, among them one was slightly injured.
Crew:
Cdt Bonnefont, Chief,
Adj Labau,
Sgt Malle, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Caudron C.282/8 Phalène in Saint-Didier-des-Bois: 3 killed

Date & Time: Sep 10, 1936
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
F-AMSQ
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Buc - Deauville
MSN:
6837.57
YOM:
1933
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
2
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
En route from Buc to Deauville, the single engine airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in Saint-Didier-des-Bois, some 24 km south of Rouen. All three occupants were killed.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.80A Puss Moth in Verneuil-sur-Avre: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jun 14, 1931
Registration:
G-ABBH
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Heston – Le Mans
MSN:
2005
YOM:
1930
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
En route from Heston to Le Mans, the aircraft encountered a gale. The pilot lost control of the airplane that dove into the ground and crashed in a field. Both occupants were killed.
Crew:
Harold Ashley Brock, pilot and owner.
Passenger:
John Robertson.
Probable cause:
Loss of control due to gale.