Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim near Derna

Date & Time: Sep 4, 1940 at 1520 LT
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
L8376
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Qutayfiyah - Qutayfiyah
Location:
Derna
Benghazi (بنغازي)
Country:
Libya
Region:
Africa
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The aircraft was shot down by enemy fire and crash landed near Derna with one engine dead. All three crew members became PoW.
Crew:
S/L A. R. G. Bax, pilot,
Sgt Ronald Alexander Bain,
AC1 Leonard Ernest Charles Wise.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Vickers FB.27 Vimy in Wadi Halfa

Date & Time: Feb 4, 1920
Type of aircraft:
Vickers FB.27 Vimy Commercial
Operator:
Registration:
G-UABA
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Brooklands - Derna - Wadi Halfa - Bulawayo - Cape Town
Location:
Wadi Halfa
Northern (الشمالية)
Country:
Sudan
Region:
Africa
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew departed Brooklands, UK, for Derna on the night of 04FEB1920. After a 11-hour flight, the crew encountered bad weather conditions over the Mediterranean Sea but was able to land without problems in Derna, Lybia, to refuel. While approaching Wadi Halfa Airport by night, the crew encountered technical problems (a radiator leak) when the aircraft crashed short of runway. Both pilots were injured and the aircraft named 'Silver Queen' was destroyed.
Crew:
Lt Col Pierre Van Ryneveld,
Lt Christopher Joseph Quintin-Brand.
Probable cause:
Technical problems.
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