Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim I off Skipsea: 3 killed

Date & Time: Apr 4, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
L6795
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Catfoss - Catfoss
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
While flying in formation, the airplane collided with a second RAF Blenheim registered L1125 and crashed into the sea about a mile north of RAF Skipsea. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt William Thomas Braun, pilot,
Sgt Frederick Ernest Sydney Warren, navigator,
P/O John Dunbar Mair, observer.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim I off Skipsea: 3 killed

Date & Time: Apr 4, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
L1125
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Catfoss - Catfoss
MSN:
8408
YOM:
1938
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
While flying in formation, the airplane collided with a second RAF Blenheim registered L6795 and crashed into the sea about a mile north of RAF Skipsea. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt George Arthur Edmonds, pilot,
Sgt Vernon Gregory Hanrahan, navigator,
Sgt George Edward Peart, observer.

Crash of a Fairey IIIF off Bridlington: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jul 17, 1929
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Skipsea - Skipsea
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew departed RAF Skipsea on a local training (bombing) mission. While flying at a height of about 500 feet, the pilot initiated a loop when he lost control of the airplane that crashed in the sea off Bridlington. Both occupants were killed.
Crew:
F/O Stanley Frank Prince,
LAC Edward William Buttenshaw.