Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV into The Channel: 3 killed

Date & Time: Aug 8, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
N3590
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Thorney Island - Thorney Island
Location:
The Channel
All World
Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Thorney Island on a reconnaissance mission over Cherbourg. It crashed in unknown circumstances into The Channel. No trace was ever found.
Crew:
P/O Henry Lawrence Newson Davis, pilot,
Sgt Barrington William Beaumont, observer,
Sgt George Howey Coulton, wireless operator and air gunner.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Le Havre: 3 killed

Date & Time: Aug 2, 1940 at 1105 LT
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
N3587
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Thorney Island - Thorney Island
Location:
Le Havre
Seine-Maritime
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Thorney Island at 0905LT on a reconnaissance mission after another RAF Blenheim registered L8792 was missing since the previous day in the area of Cherbourg. While flying over Le Havre, the airplane was shot down by the pilot of a Me.109 and crashed. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Deryck Allnutt Drew, pilot,
Sgt Arthur Gordon Herbert, observer,
Sgt James Reuben Close, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Querqueville: 2 killed

Date & Time: Aug 1, 1940 at 1515 LT
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
R2774
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Thorney Island - Thorney Island
Location:
Querqueville
Manche
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Thorney Island at 1505LT on a mission over Cherbourg. Approaching the target, it was shot down by the pilot of a Me.109 and crashed in Querqueville. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Bryan Martin McDonough, pilot,
Sgt Frederick Arthur Percy Head, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Saint-Valery-en-Caux: 3 killed

Date & Time: Aug 1, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
L8792
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Thorney Island - Thorney Island
Location:
Saint-Valery-en-Caux
Seine-Maritime
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Thorney Island at 1500LT on a raid over Cherbourg. While returning to its base, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea off Saint-Valery-en-Caux. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/Cdr Reginald Gilbert Squarey Morgan-Weld-Smith, pilot,
P/O David Henry Davis, observer,
Sgt Peter Pryde, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Criel-sur-Mer: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jul 25, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
T1801
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Thorney Island - Thorney Island
Location:
Criel-sur-Mer
Seine-Maritime
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Thorney Island at 0315LT on a reconnaissance mission over The Channel after the French ship named 'Meknès' was sunk by a German torpedo boat. At night, the aircraft was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Criel-sur-Mer. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Matthew Roy Turnbull, pilot,
Sgt Gilbert Peter Rowe, observer,
Sgt David Wallace, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IF off Cherbourg: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jul 20, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
L1300
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Thorney Island - Thorney Island
MSN:
8583
YOM:
1938
Location:
Cherbourg
Manche
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
Shot dow by the pilot of a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Cherbourg. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Eric Edward Lockton, pilot,
Sgt Henry Corcoran, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Villerville: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jul 18, 1940 at 1215 LT
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
L6639
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Thorney Island - Thorney Island
Location:
Villerville
Calvados
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Thorney Island on a reconnaissance mission over Le Havre. En route, it was shot down by the pilot of a Me.109 and crashed in Villerville. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Robert Harold Rigby, pilot,
Sgt Donald Duncan Mackinnon, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim I off Cape of the Hague: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jul 18, 1940 at 1215 LT
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
L6779
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Thorney Island - Thorney Island
Location:
Cape of the Hague
Manche
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Thorney Island on a reconnaissance mission over Le Havre. While cruising along the French coast, it was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Cape of the Hague. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Charles Raymond Delauney Thomas, pilot,
Sgt Harry Donald Buchanan Elsdon, observer.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Cherbourg: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jul 17, 1940 at 1130 LT
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
R3694
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Thorney Island - Thorney Island
Location:
Cherbourg
Manche
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Thorney Island on a reconnaissance mission over Northern France. Approaching the French coast, it was shot down by the pilot of a Me.109 and crashed into the sea off Cherbourg. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Alan Kinnear Jackson, pilot,
Sgt Reginald Vincent Kingshott, observer,
Sgt John Arthur Hunter, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Rottingdean: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jul 14, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
R3665
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Thorney Island - Thorney Island
Location:
Rottingdean
East Sussex
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off Rottingdean while completing a sortie from RAF Thorney Island. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Henry Alan Clark, pilot,
Sgt David Douglas Morton, observer,
Sgt Frank Clayton, wireless operator and air gunner.
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