Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IF in Humby: 1 killed
Date & Time:
Jul 25, 1939
Registration:
L1465
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Wittering - Wittering
MSN:
8748
YOM:
1939
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
While completing a night training flight out from RAF Wittering, the Blenheim collided with an RAF Hawker Dart registered K4977. Out of control, it dove into the ground and crashed near Humby, east of Grantham. A crew member survived after he was able to bail out while the second occupant was killed. The Dart also crashed, killing his crew.
Crew:
Sgt Leslie George Tarrant, †
F/O Percy Don Walker.
Crew:
Sgt Leslie George Tarrant, †
F/O Percy Don Walker.