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

Date & Time: Jul 13, 1940 at 1145 LT
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Operator:
Registration:
R3597
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Survivors:
No
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Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a training mission when the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in Harrold, northwest of Bedford. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Terence Newton, pilot,
Sgt David Vincent Malpass, observer,
Sgt Joseph Newton Routledge, observer.