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

Date & Time: May 12, 1940 at 0925 LT
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
P6911
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Alconbury - Alconbury
MSN:
9436
YOM:
1939
Location:
Munsterbilzen
Limburg
Country:
Belgium
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The aircraft departed RAF Alconbury to bomb bridges over the Albert Canal. It crashed in unknown circumstances in Munsterbilzen. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Albert E. Oakley, pilot,
Sgt Douglas John Avent, observer,
LAC Denis V. Woods, wireless operator and air gunner.

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

Date & Time: May 12, 1940 at 0925 LT
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
L8849
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Alconbury - Alconbury
Location:
Beverst
Limburg
Country:
Belgium
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The aircraft departed RAF Alconbury to bomb bridges over the Albert Canal. It crashed in unknown circumstances in Beverst, Belgium. Two crew members were killed and a third became PoW.
Crew:
F/O Peter Norman Douglass, pilot, †
Sgt Wilfred Owen Shortland, observer, †
Sgt W. E. M. Davies, wireless operator and air gunner.

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

Date & Time: May 12, 1940 at 0915 LT
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
L8847
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Alconbury - Alconbury
Location:
Borgharen
Limburg
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The aircraft departed RAF Alconbury to bomb bridges over the Albert Canal. It crashed in unknown circumstances in Borgharen, north of Maastricht. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Thomas G. Bassett, pilot,
Sgt Neville C. Middlemass, observer,
LAC William T. Cavanagh, wireless operator and air gunner.

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

Date & Time: May 12, 1940 at 0902 LT
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
P6912
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Alconbury - Alconbury
MSN:
9437
YOM:
1939
Location:
Diepenbeek
Limburg
Country:
Belgium
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The aircraft departed RAF Alconbury to bomb bridges over the Albert Canal. It crashed in unknown circumstances in Diepenbeek, east of Hasselt. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Claude R. Frankish, pilot,
Sgt Edwin G. Roberts, observer,
LAC Ernest W. L. Cooper, wireless operator and air gunner.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV at RAF Upper Heyford: 1 killed

Date & Time: Nov 15, 1939 at 1455 LT
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
N6226
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Alconbury - Upper Heyford
MSN:
9323
YOM:
1939
Location:
Upper Heyford AFB
Oxfordshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane was returning to RAF Upper Heyford following a bombing practice. After landing, the airplane rolled for about 50 yards when the 'hung up' bomb fell and exploded. A crew was killed and two others were unhurt.
Crew:
P/O Philip Ellard Dundee, pilot,
Sgt P. N. Davidson,
Cpl Francis James Wilson Moores, wireless operator and air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Bomb explosion shortly after touchdown.
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