Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I at RAF Warboys

Date & Time: Sep 28, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
N3660
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Warboys - Warboys
Location:
Warboys AFB
Huntingdonshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a local training exercise at RAF Warboys. For unknown reasons, the airplane crashed on approach and was destroyed. A crew was injured.
Crew:
W/Cdr P. B. B. Ogilvie, pilot,
Sgt A. E. R. Bowler +5.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV near RAF Warboys: 2 killed

Date & Time: Apr 10, 1941 at 2110 LT
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
N3591
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Upwood - Upwood
Location:
Warboys AFB
Huntingdonshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew departed RAF Upwood on a night training exercise. En route, control was lost and the airplane crashed near RAF Warboys. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Bertram Charles Rowland, pilot,
Sgt Joseph Douglas Graham, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
It is believed that the accident was the consequence of an engine failure in flight.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV near RAF Warboys

Date & Time: Sep 4, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
L8682
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Upwood - Upwood
Location:
Warboys AFB
Huntingdonshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The pilot departed RAF Upwood on a solo training flight. En route, he encountered an unexpected situation, bailed out and abandoned the aircraft that crashed near RAF Warboys. The pilot was uninjured.
Crew:
P/O David Rockel, pilot.
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