Suffolk

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Z7287

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Takeoff (climb)

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Training

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Wattisham - Wattisham

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The airplane was engaged in a local training flight with three crew members on board. While taking off, it collided with a second Blenheim registered Z7286 with one pilot on board. Both airplanes were destroyed and all three crew members were injured. The pilot of the second airplane was killed.
Crew:
W/Cdr J. A. P. Harrison,
Sgt H. P. Woodward,
Sgt W. R. Mathias.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV at RAF Wattisham: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jun 3, 1941

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Z7286

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Vickers 416 Wellington IC

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Wattisham - Wattisham

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The pilot was engaged in a local solo training flight at RAF Wattisham. Upon takeoff, his airplane collided with a second Blenheim registered Z7287 and also engaged in a local training flight with three crew members on board. Both airplanes were destroyed and the pilot was killed. The crew of the second aircraft were injured.
Crew:
P/O David Edward Somerville Hawkins, pilot.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC at RAF Honington: 1 killed

Date & Time: May 17, 1941 at 0245 LT

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R1267

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Landing (descent or approach)

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Bombing

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Honington - Honington

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The airplane departed RAF Honington at 2245LT on May 16 on an operation to Boulogne-sur-Mer. While returning to base the following night, it crashed near the bomb dump area. A crew was killed and four others survived, among them two were injured.
Crew:
Sgt Leslie B. Mitchell, †
Sgt O. P. J. Richards,
Sgt S. D. J. Howarth,
Sgt T. W. Sutton,
Sgt D. H. Humphrey.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV at RAF Wattisham

Date & Time: May 5, 1941

Type of aircraft:

Landing (descent or approach)

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V5620

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Training

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Vickers 416 Wellington IC

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Wattisham - Wattisham

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The crew was completing a local training exercise at RAF Wattisham. The airplane overshot on landing and crashed near the fuel dump. Two crew members were injured and a third was unhurt.
Crew:
Sgt F. Mulford,
Sgt W. McDougall,
P/O D. H. Seale.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC near RAF Honington

Date & Time: May 4, 1941 at 2358 LT

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T2964

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Honington - Honington

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The airplane departed RAF Honington at 2100LT on an operation to Rotterdam. While returning to base in the late evening, it crashed on approach and came to rest in a field south of the airfield. All six crew members were uninjured.
Crew:
Sgt H. R. Anderson,
Sgt A. R. W. Williams,
Sgt M. Smith,
Sgt S. Love,
Sgt Palmer,
Sgt Dove.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV near Halesworth

Date & Time: May 1, 1941 at 1420 LT

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V5823

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Swanton Morley - Swanton Morley

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The airplane departed RAF Swanton Morley at 1215LT on an anti-shipping operation. Badly shot about by Me.109 and later a propeller fell off, causing the crew to make an emergency landing in a field at Buck's Farm, southwest of Halesworth. All three crew members were injured.
Crew:
F/Lt G. E. Goode,
P/O F. J. Hogan,
Sgt G. Rowland.

Crash of a Short S.29 Stirling I in Halesworth

Date & Time: May 1, 1941 at 0430 LT

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Short S.29 Stirling

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N6014

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Oakington - Oakington

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The airplane departed RAF Oakington on April 30 on an operation to Berlin. While returning to base the following night, it ran out of fuel and crash landed in a wheatfield located at Hinton Lodge, three miles southeast of Halesworth. All seven crew members evacuated safely.
Crew:
F/L N. Williams,
Sgt W. T. Williams,
LAC R. C. Watkins,
Sgt C. T. Webb,
Sgt R. A. Pickers,
Sgt W. F. Hodson,
Sgt L. Smith.

Probable cause:

Fuel exhaustion.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV at RAF Wattisham: 3 killed

Date & Time: Apr 18, 1941 at 0335 LT

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R2787

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