Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Huggate: 1 killed
Date & Time:
Sep 8, 1941 at 0132 LT
Operator:
Registration:
T2228
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Church Fenton - Church Fenton
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The pilot departed RAF Church Fenton in the evening of September 7 on a solo night training exercise. In marginal weather conditions, the pilot descended through clouds when he got disorientated and lost control of the airplane that crashed in a vertical attitude near Huggate. The airplane was destroyed upon impact and the pilot was killed.
Crew:
Sgt Cedric Warren Woolgar, pilot.
Crew:
Sgt Cedric Warren Woolgar, pilot.
Probable cause:
Loss of control after the pilot got disoriented while flying at night in clouds.
