Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Cwmafan: 2 killed
Date & Time:
Jun 12, 1940 at 1223 LT
Operator:
Registration:
L9172
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Upwood - Upwood
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Upwood on a training mission. While cruising at an altitude of 20,000 feet, the pilot radioed 'breaking up' and soon afterwards eye witnesses saw the Blenheim falling in a series of uneven rolls and slowly disintegrating. The main debris fell into the tinplate works area at Cwmafan, in the Afan Valley, 8 miles east south east of Swansea. The pilot bailed out and survived while both other occupants were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Victor Albert Bain, pilot,
Sgt William Hubert Wheeler, observer,
AC2 Sidney Boulton, wireless operator and air gunner.
Crew:
Sgt Victor Albert Bain, pilot,
Sgt William Hubert Wheeler, observer,
AC2 Sidney Boulton, wireless operator and air gunner.
