Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IF in Stockbridge: 3 killed
Date & Time:
Sep 25, 1940 at 2130 LT
Operator:
Registration:
L8369
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Middle Wallop - Middle Wallop
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Middle Wallop at 2045LT on a night interception patrol mission. Few minutes later, the crew reported engine problems and elected to return. On approach to RAF Middle Wallop, with landing gear and flaps down, the airplane went out of control and crashed in a field located near Stockbridge, about six km southeast of the airfield. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Eric Orgias, pilot,
AC2 Reginald Irving Payne, radio operator,
Sgt Laurence Robert Karasek, wireless operator and air gunner.
Crew:
P/O Eric Orgias, pilot,
AC2 Reginald Irving Payne, radio operator,
Sgt Laurence Robert Karasek, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Engine problems.
