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

Date & Time: Dec 4, 1940 at 0610 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
T2161
Flight Phase:
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Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Bodney - Bodney
Location:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Bodney in the evening of December 3 on an operation to Essen. While returning to base the following morning, it crashed in unknown circumstances in Waltahm, Kent. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Norman Byng Cartwright, pilot,
Sgt Frederick Charles Benbow, observer,
Sgt Peter Crawford, wireless operator and air gunner.