Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IF in Guînes: 3 killed

Date & Time: Mar 4, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
L1453
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Ford - Ford
MSN:
8736
YOM:
1939
Location:
Guînes
Pas-de-Calais
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Ford on an operation to Amiens and Poix-de-Picardie. After passing over Calais, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Guînes. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt James Stanley Rose, pilot,
Sgt Thomas Frederick Nicholas, observer,
Sgt Raymond Albert Walker, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

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

Date & Time: Aug 23, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
T1990
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Oakington - Oakington
Location:
Guînes
Pas-de-Calais
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Oakington on an operation over Bruges. It crashed in unknown circumstances in Guînes. Two crew members were killed and a third became PoW.
Crew:
S/L Charles Constantine House, pilot, †
Sgt Percy Thomas Lefevre, observer, †
Sgt J. D. Howard, wireless operator and air gunner.
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