Upwood AFB

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V5758

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Upwood - Upwood

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The crew was completing a local training sortie from RAF Upwood. While cruising in the vicinity of the airfield, one of the engine failed. The crew attempted an emergency landing when the airplane crash landed in a field located 6 km north of the airbase. All three crew members were injured.
Crew:
Sgt G. P. Kerr,
Sgt W. A. Brown,
Sgt A. I. Comeau.

Probable cause:

Engine failure in flight.

Crash of an Avro 652 Anson I near Wistow

Date & Time: Aug 13, 1941 at 0110 LT

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Avro 652 Anson

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N4997

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Upwood - Upwood

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The crew was engaged in a night training exercise out from RAF Upwood. While returning to base, the pilot was unable to localize the flare path. As the airplane ran out of fuel, he attempted an emergency landing in a pasture located between the villages of Wistow and Bury. The airplane crash landed and was damaged beyond repair while all six occupants were uninjured.
Crew:
Sgt A. W. Dorney,
Sgt R. T. Bartlett,
Sgt P. Jacobs,
F/Sgt L. Milletts,
P/O S. Philips,
Sgt W. Fletcher.

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

Date & Time: Aug 12, 1941 at 2350 LT

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L1245

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Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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Plain, Valley

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Upwood - Upwood

MSN:

8528

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1938

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The airplane departed RAF Upwood on a night training exercise. It was shot down by the pilot of a JU.88 and crashed in Wilberton. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Ronald Peter Bell, pilot,
P/O Walter Edgar Anthony Wand, pilot,
Sgt Evan Aneurin Davies, wireless operator.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I at RAF Upwood: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jul 31, 1941 at 0450 LT

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Registration:

AE266

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

Flight Type:

Bombing

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Yes

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North Luffenham - North Luffenham

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The airplane departed RAF North Luffenham at 2318LT on July 30 on an operation to Cologne. While returning to base the following morning, the airplane suffered an engine failure and the pilot diverted to RAF Upwood where the airplane crashed on final. Three crew members were killed and a fourth was injured.
Crew:
P/O Patrick James Neil Adshead, pilot, †
F/Sgt H. A. Scott,
F/Sgt Rex Ronald Boyce Durtnall, wireless operator, †
Sgt Kenneth Marcel Fillmore, air gunner. †

Probable cause:

Engine failure in flight.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim I at RAF Upwood: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jul 25, 1941

Type of aircraft:

Landing (descent or approach)

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L6800

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Upwood - Upwood

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The pilot was completing a solo training exercise at RAF Upwood when the airplane crashed on approach near the airfield boundary. The airplane was destroyed and the pilot was killed.
Crew:
Sgt Alan Hewitt Abbott Johnson, pilot.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV into the North Sea: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jul 22, 1941

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L9412

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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Upwood - Upwood

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The airplane departed RAF Upwood on a night navigation exercise. It failed to return from operation and was lost without trace, probably after it crashed somewhere in the North Sea.
Crew:
Sgt Charles William Andrews, pilot,
P/O Ronald Thomas Franklin, observer,
Sgt Leonard Roy Palmer, wireless operator.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV near Chatteris: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jul 12, 1941 at 1545 LT

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Z6360

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Plain, Valley

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Wyton - Upwood

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The airplane departed RAF Wyton on a training flight to RAF Upwood. En route, the crew lost control of the airplane that entered a dive and crashed near Chatteris. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Ronald James Smith, pilot,
P/O Ronald Owen Boon, observer,
Sgt James Tinker, wireless operator.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV at RAF Upwood

Date & Time: Jul 7, 1941 at 0010 LT

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V5532

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Takeoff (climb)

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