Wattisham AFB

Operator:

Registration:

N6198

Flight Phase:

Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

Flight Type:

Training

Survivors:

Yes

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Wattisham - Wattisham

MSN:

9297

YOM:

1939

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The crew was completing a local low-level training exercice out from RAF Wattisham. In flight, the crew lost control of the airplane that crashed in a pasture located in Barking Tye, two miles east of the airbase. A crew member was seriously injured and the second was killed.
Crew:
P/O Philip Samuel Goulder, pilot,
Sgt Victor Brunsden Thorne, observer. †

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV at RAF Wattisham

Date & Time: Oct 8, 1939

Type of aircraft:

Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

Operator:

Registration:

N6204

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

Flight Type:

Training

Survivors:

Yes

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Wattisham - Wattisham

MSN:

9303

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1939

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The aircraft was damaged beyond repair after its undercarriage collapsed while taking off from RAF Wattisham. The pilot was uninjured.
Crew:
P/O J. K. Buchanan.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim I in Osnabrück: 3 killed

Date & Time: Sep 28, 1939

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Registration:

N6206

Flight Phase:

Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance

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Wattisham - Wattisham

MSN:

9305

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1939

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The aircraft departed RAF Wattisham at 0740LT on a reconnaissance mission. Approaching Osnabrück, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances, killing all three crew members.
Crew:
F/O Donald Arthur Strachan, pilot,
Sgt William Mackenzie Gunn, observer,
AC1 John Bateson, wireless operator and air gunner.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim I in Osnabrück: 3 killed

Date & Time: Sep 28, 1939

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Registration:

N6212

Flight Phase:

Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance

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Wattisham - Wattisham

MSN:

9311

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1939

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The aircraft departed RAF Wattisham at 0740LT on a reconnaissance mission. Approaching Osnabrück, the airplane was shot down by the German Flak and crashed. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/Cdr Ivan Monteath Cameron, pilot,
Sgt Thomas Cecil Hammond, observer,
AC1 Thomas Fullerton, wireless operator and air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Wilhelmshaven: 1 killed

Date & Time: Sep 4, 1939

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Registration:

N6240

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Wattisham - Wattisham

MSN:

9337

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1939

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The crew departed RAF Wattisham at 1600LT on a raid over Wilhelmshaven. Approaching the target, the airplane was shot down by the German Flak and crashed. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Albert Stanley Prince, pilot, †
Sgt George Franklin Booth,
AC2 Laurence Joseph Slattery.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Sep 4, 1939

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Registration:

N6189

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Wattisham - Wattisham

MSN:

9288

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1939

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The crew departed RAF Wattisham at 1600LT on a raid over Wilhelmshaven. Approaching the target, the airplane was shot down by the German Flak and crashed. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Owen Lobb Dunkirk Howells, pilot,
F/O Herbert Brian Lightoller, pilot,
AC1 Ernest William Lyon, wireless operator.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Sep 4, 1939

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Registration:

N6188

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Wattisham - Wattisham

MSN:

9287

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1939

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The crew departed RAF Wattisham at 1600LT on a raid over Wilhelmshaven. Approaching the target, the airplane was shot down by the German Flak and crashed. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O William Joseph Murphy, pilot,
Sgt Leslie Robert Ward, pilot,
AC2 Edward Pateman, wireless operator.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Wilhelmshaven: 3 killed

Date & Time: Sep 4, 1939

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Registration:

N6184

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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Wattisham - Wattisham

MSN:

9283

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1939

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The crew departed RAF Wattisham at 1600LT on a raid over Wilhelmshaven. Approaching the target, the airplane was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the harbor. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt William Frank Barton, pilot,
F/O John Frederick Ross, navigator,
Cpl James Leslie Ricketts, wireless operator.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Wilhelmshaven: 4 killed

Date & Time: Sep 4, 1939

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Registration:

N6199

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