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Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV near Cherbourg

Date & Time: Feb 11, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
T2282
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Watton - Watton
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Watton at 2205LT on an operation to Hanover. For unknown reasons, the crew was forced to make an emergency landing near Cherbourg. All three crew members were rescued and became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt R. J. McConnell,
Sgt E. W. Green,
Sgt D. Bristow.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Le Vast: 3 killed

Date & Time: Sep 20, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
R3635
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Thorney Island - Thorney Island
Location:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Thorney Island on an operation over northern France. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Le Vast. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Kenneth Victor Palmer, pilot,
Sgt Ernest Edward Wright, observer,
Sgt Douglas Allan Walters, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Bristol 152 Beaufort I in Cherbourg: 11 killed

Date & Time: Sep 18, 1940 at 0030 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
L4508
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Thorney Island - Thorney Island
MSN:
8369
YOM:
1940
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
11
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Thorney Island at 2300LT on September 17 on an operation to Cherbourg. Approaching the target at low altitude, the crew dropped its torpedo then initiated a turn to the east to the Val de Saire when the airplane was shot down by the German Flak. Out of control, the airplane collided with an electric pole at Hôtel Giffard Street then crashed onto a house located in Bourbourg, in the suburb of Cherbourg. There was no explosion nor fire. All four crew members as well as seven people on the ground were killed.
Crew:
P/O Thomas Atherton, pilot,
P/O Ruthven Arnold Macfarlane, pilot,
Sgt John Leslie Feather, wireless operator,
Sgt Cyril James Harvey, wireless operator.
Those killed on the ground were:
Albertine Lecouey,
Marie Burnel and five members of families Auvray and Burnel.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Dornier DO.17Z in Cherbourg: 4 killed

Date & Time: Sep 14, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
7T+FK
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
2687
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
Crashed upon landing west of Cherbourg, killing all four crew members.
Crew:
Uffz Werner Ose, pilot,
Lt Wilhelm Sibeth, observer,
Uffz Willi Kaiser, radio operator,
Uffz Siegmund Lindemann, mechanic.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Cherbourg

Date & Time: Aug 15, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
P4908
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Wyton - Wyton
MSN:
9390
YOM:
1939
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Wyton at 2105LT on August 14 on a raid over Chartres. At the end of the night, probably due to a fuel exhaustion after being hit by enemy fire, the crew ditched the airplane off Cherbourg. The aircraft sank and was lost. All three crew members took place in a dinghy and became PoW after the reached the shore.
Crew:
Sgt Kenneth Roy Newton, pilot,
Sgt Gavin Allen McCreary, observer,
Sgt Frederick Miles Hotchkiss, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

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

Date & Time: Aug 13, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
R3768
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Wyton - Wyton
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Wyton on a bombing mission over the Lannion Airport, France. It crashed in unknown circumstances in Fermanville, killing all three crew members.
Crew:
P/O Francis George Hurleston Dench, pilot,
Sgt Angus Nigel Gray, observer,
Sgt Edgar Enoch Scrase, air gunner.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Querqueville: 2 killed

Date & Time: Aug 1, 1940 at 1515 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
R2774
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Thorney Island - Thorney Island
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Thorney Island at 1505LT on a mission over Cherbourg. Approaching the target, it was shot down by the pilot of a Me.109 and crashed in Querqueville. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Bryan Martin McDonough, pilot,
Sgt Frederick Arthur Percy Head, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Biville: 2 killed

Date & Time: Aug 1, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
N3601
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Location:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane crashed near Biville, southwest of Cherbourg, after being shot down by enemy fire (Flak or a German fighter). Both crew members were killed. They were engaged in a mission over Cherbourg.
Crew:
S/L Peter Edward Drew, pilot,
F/O Benjamin Nokes-Cooper, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IF off Cherbourg: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jul 20, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
L1300
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Thorney Island - Thorney Island
MSN:
8583
YOM:
1938
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
Shot dow by the pilot of a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Cherbourg. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Eric Edward Lockton, pilot,
Sgt Henry Corcoran, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim I off Cape of the Hague: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jul 18, 1940 at 1215 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
L6779
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Thorney Island - Thorney Island
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Thorney Island on a reconnaissance mission over Le Havre. While cruising along the French coast, it was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Cape of the Hague. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Charles Raymond Delauney Thomas, pilot,
Sgt Harry Donald Buchanan Elsdon, observer.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.