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

Date & Time: Mar 27, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
L1454
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Netheravon - Netheravon
MSN:
8737
YOM:
1939
Location:
Netheravon AFB
Wiltshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
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.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV at RAF Wyton

Date & Time: Jun 3, 1942 at 2000 LT
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
V6238
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Warboys - Wyton
Location:
Wyton AFB
Huntingdonshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane landed heavily on one wheel at RAF Wyton. The pilot attempted to go around when the port engine cut and the Blenheim crash landed. The pilot was injured and the airplane was damaged beyond repair.
Crew:
Sgt Arthur Harvey Rew, pilot.

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

Date & Time: Jun 2, 1942 at 0029 LT
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
R3620
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
West Raynham - West Raynham
Location:
Buschbell
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
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 2239LT on June 1st on an operation to Venlo Airport. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Buschbell. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Patrick Bernard L'Hirondelle, pilot,
P/O Ronald George Inglis, observer,
Sgt Henry Meakin, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Cadzand: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jun 2, 1942 at 0006 LT
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
V6337
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
West Raynham - West Raynham
Location:
Cadzand
Zeeland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
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 2241LT on June 1st on an operation to the Bonn-Hangelar Airfield. Shortly after midnight, while approaching the Dutch coast, the airplane was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea off Cadzand. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt John Leonard Mitchell, pilot,
Sgt Ronald Muirhead McIntosh, observer,
Sgt Leonard Arthur Fussey, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Jun 2, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
Z6186
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Wattisham - Wattisham
Location:
Rheinberg
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Wattisham at 2235LT on June 1st on an intruder operation to the Venlo Airfield. Approaching Duisburg, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Rheinberg. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Douglas Grant Redman, pilot,
F/Sgt Peter Fini Pentland Enna, observer,
F/Sgt Thomas Frederick Trimmer, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim I in Nanyuki: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jun 1, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
L8391
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Nanyuki - Nanyuki
Location:
Nanyuki
Rift Valley
Country:
Kenya
Region:
Africa
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The pilot was engaged in a solo night training flight at RAF Nanyuki. While taking off, the airplane went out of control and crashed, bursting into flames. The pilot was killed.
Crew:
Col Thomas Ross Theron, pilot.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV into The Channel: 3 killed

Date & Time: May 30, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
N3616
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Location:
The Channel
All World
Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane failed to return to base following an operation over the enemy territory. It is believed that it crashed into The Channel off the French coast. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt John Charles Bennett, pilot,
Sgt Robert Drummond Stevenson, observer,
P/O Robert Michael Cundy, wireless operator and air gunner.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Heyshott

Date & Time: May 26, 1942 at 0920 LT
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
V6314
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Location:
Heyshott
Sussex
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crash landed for unknown reasons in Heyshott and was damaged beyond repair. Pilot F/Lt R. H. Ryan escaped uninjured.

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

Date & Time: May 26, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
Z6245
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Aberdeen - Aberdeen
Location:
Egersund
Rogaland
Country:
Norway
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew departed Aberdeen-Dyce Airport on a maritime patrol flight. While flying along the Norwegian coast, the airplane was shot down by enemy fire and crashed near Egersund. Two crew members were killed and a third became PoW.
Crew:
S/L Philip Herbert Foster, pilot, †
F/Sgt John Murray Jamieson, wireless operator, †
P/O Alfred Neil Briggs, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

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

Date & Time: May 25, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
Z6090
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Charterhall - Charterhall
Location:
Charterhall AFB
Berwickshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew departed RAF Charterhall on a night training exercise. While flying in clouds, the airplane went out of control, dove into the ground and crashed in Greenburn. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O John Andrew Hill, pilot,
Sgt Alfred Edwin Harrison, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Icing.
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