Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim I in Cranford: 3 killed
Date & Time:
Mar 22, 1939
Operator:
Registration:
L1262
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Cranfield - Cranfield
MSN:
8545
YOM:
1938
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The crew departed RAF Cranfield on a navigation exercice. En route, he encountered poor weather conditions with a hail storm and lost control of the airplane that dove into the ground and crashed near Cranford. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O David Shine,
Sgt John Randolph Wiles,
AC2 Frederick George Lewis.
Crew:
P/O David Shine,
Sgt John Randolph Wiles,
AC2 Frederick George Lewis.
Probable cause:
Loss of control in a hail storm.
