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Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Trimingham: 3 killed

Date & Time: Sep 22, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
V5490
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane was engaged in a training mission when it crashed in Trimingham after it collided with the mast of a ship moored on the nearby practice range. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Randle Feilden, pilot,
P/O Fred Harvey Brown, observer,
Sgt Samuel Stephen John Collier, wireless operator.