Upwood AFB

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Z7453

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Flight

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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The crew departed RAF Upwood on a cross-country exercise. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed into the sea off Filey. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/O Edwin Roy Parke, pilot,
Sgt Maurice York, observer,
Sgt Francis Coakley, wireless operator and air gunner.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim I at RAF Upwood: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jan 14, 1942 at 1940 LT

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Landing (descent or approach)

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L1303

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Upwood - Upwood

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8586

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1938

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The crew was engaged in a local training exercise at RAF Upwood. While circling around the airbase, the airplane went out of control and crashed. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Sydney Stephen Lang, pilot,
Sgt Andrew James Sistron, wireless operator and air gunner.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Scolt Head

Date & Time: Jan 11, 1942 at 1130 LT

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Z6040

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The airplane departed RAF Upwood on a training flight. En route, the crew encountered severe icing conditions, causing the engines to stop. The pilot attempted an emergency landing in the Scolt Head Island National Nature Reserve. Two crew members were injured.
Crew:
P/O Charles Vernon Pereira, pilot,
P/O G. H. Gilbert, navigator,
Sgt P. B. Davies, wireless operator and air gunner.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV near RAF Shawbury: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jan 3, 1942 at 1145 LT

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P6959

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The airplane departed RAF Upwood on a training exercise. While cruising at an altitude of 2,000 feet in clouds, the pilot-in-command lost control of the airplane that dove into the ground and crashed near RAF Shawbury. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Wilfred Jowett, observer,
F/O Melville John Kingshott,
Sgt Robert Macauley Masson.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV near King's Lynn: 1 killed

Date & Time: Dec 28, 1941 at 1505 LT

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Z5984

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The airplane departed RAF Upwood on a training operation consisting with practice landings and bombing training over The Wash. While diving towards the intended target, the starboard engine surged and the airplane crashed in the North Wooton Range, about 4 miles north of King's Lynn. A crew was killed and two others were injured.
Crew:
Sgt H. S. Thomas, pilot,
Sgt G. Owen, observer,
Sgt James Edward Wilson, wireless operator. †

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV at RAF Upwood

Date & Time: Dec 9, 1941 at 1308 LT

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R3675

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Takeoff (climb)

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Yes

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The pilot departed RAF Upwood at 1304LT on a local solo training exercise. After takeoff, while climbing to a height of 300 feet, the left engine failed. The pilot elected to return for an emergency landing when the airplane crashed near the airbase four minutes after takeoff. The pilot was injured.
Crew:
Sgt S. O. Hill, pilot.

Probable cause:

Failure of the left engine after takeoff.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV at RAF Upwood: 3 killed

Date & Time: Dec 6, 1941 at 1455 LT

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Landing (descent or approach)

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L4894

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Upwood - Upwood

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8909

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1939

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The crew was completing a local training flight at RAF Upwood. On final approach in gusty winds, the pilot-in-command lost control of the airplane that crashed short of runway. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Charles Herman Woodworth, pilot,
F/Sgt Matthew Thompson, observer,
Sgt Robert Barr, wireless operator.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Sedgebrook

Date & Time: Nov 16, 1941 at 1330 LT

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V5421

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The crew departed RAF Upwood on a cross country exercise. Weather conditions deteriorated en route and the crew decided to abandon the airplane and to bail out. All three crew members parachuted to safety and the airplane crashed in an open field located in Sedgebrook.
Crew:
Sgt S. E. Strate, pilot +2.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV at RAF Upwood

Date & Time: Nov 12, 1941

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Landing (descent or approach)

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T1793

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