Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim I near RAF Netheravon: 2 killed

Date & Time: Mar 27, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
L1454
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Netheravon - Netheravon
MSN:
8737
YOM:
1939
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a local training sortie at RAF Netheravon when the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances near the airbase. The pilot was killed and the observer was seriously injured. He died the next day from injuries sustained.
Crew:
F/O Ronald Frank Thain, pilot,
Sgt Cyril Walter Henry Rawlings, observer.

Ground accident of a Bristol 142 Blenheim I at RAF Charterhill

Date & Time: Aug 12, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
L4930
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Charterhall - Charterhall
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
While taxiing at RAF Charterhall, the airplane collided with a second RAF Blenheim registered AZ964 and was destroyed. Both crew members escaped uninjured. The second Blenheim was repaired.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Chester: 5 killed

Date & Time: Aug 3, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
R3813
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
West Raynham - West Raynham
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF West Raynham for 'Exercice Dryshod' which involved a flight to RAF Wigtown. It crashed at Lacha Lane, Chester, following an engine fire. It is believed that the crew were trying to make an emergency landing at RAF Hawarden. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Archibald Jack Hicks, pilot,
Sgt Philip James Stewart, observer,
F/Sgt Arthur Haydn Frederick Chote, wireless operator,
A1c George Craddock, air gunner,
Lac James Lewis Joseph Barnes, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Engine fire in flight.

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

Date & Time: Aug 1, 1942 at 0035 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
V6432
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Wattisham - Wattisham
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Wattisham at 2252LT on July 31 on an operation to Venlo Airport. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Kevelaer, about 40 km northwest of Duisburg. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/Cdr Christopher Hastie Jones, pilot,
F/Sgt Kenneth Malcolm Waylett, observer,
Sgt Austen Douglas Evans, wireless operator air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Jul 29, 1942 at 0112 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
Z7344
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Wattisham - Wattisham
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Wattisham at 2125LT on July 28 on an intruder operation to Germany. Approaching Wilhelmshaven, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Sengwarden, some 8 km northwest of Wilhelmshaven. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Swante Oliver Hill, pilot,
W/O Donald Ross McKinnon, observer,
Sgt Derek Bernard Williams, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Jul 26, 1942 at 0214 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
V5635
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
West Raynham - West Raynham
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF West Raynham at 2315LT on an intruder sortie to Vechta. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Ganderkesee. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O George Anthony Strasser, pilot,
P/O Eric George Henry Allen observer,
Sgt John Christopher Harrold, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Jul 26, 1942 at 0120 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
R3837
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
West Raynham - West Raynham
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF West Raynham at 2346LT on an intruder sortie to Reinhold Knacke. North of Venlo, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Schandelo. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Leonard Causley, pilot,
Sgt George Reginald Stone Spencer, observer,
Sgt Lawrence Aubrey Lytton Gray, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Jul 26, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
V6264
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
West Raynham - West Raynham
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF West Raynham at 2355LT on July 25 on an intruder operation to Leeuwarden. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/Sgt Percy Gartshore Leslie,
F/Sgt Robert Ainslie Smith,
W/O Eugene Edward Warnick.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim I at RAF Croughton: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jul 24, 1942 at 1505 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
L6646
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Bicester - Bicester
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The pilot departed RAF Bicester on a solo training flight consisting of single engine practice without the aid of flaps and glide approaches. While on approach of RAF Croughton, the airplane went out of control and crashed in a field located about 1,5 km northwest of the airbase, bursting into flames. The pilot was killed.
Crew:
Sgt Meredith Edward Tuttle, pilot.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Calcutta: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jul 24, 1942 at 0625 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
Z7647
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Calcutta - Calcutta
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
3
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
Shortly after liftoff from Calcutta-Dum Dum, the airplane lost height and crashed. The pilot and the observer were killed and three other occupants were injured. The airplane was destroyed.
Crew:
W/Cdr Charles Brian Berry Wallis, pilot, †
P/O Donald Page, observer. †
Passengers:
Lt A. Dorner, pilot,
Sgt H. Whitehead, observer,
Sgt Barnard Thomas McDade.
Probable cause:
The exact cause of the accident remains unclear. A probable engine failure may cause the accident as well as a premature raise of the undercarriage.