Date:	Saturday 7 December 1940
Time:
Type:	Bristol Blenheim Mk IF
Owner/operator:	25 Sqn RAF
Registration:	L1235
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Elton, Huntingdonshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Wittering, Cambridgeshire
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Blenheim L1235: Took off to check the blackout over Peterborough. 07/12/1940
During the patrol, the weather deteriorated and a bad storm developed. The pilot evidently lost control and the Blenheim dived into ground in a field near Elton, Huntingdonshire.
Crew:
F/Lt (33191) John McCulloch Middlemore HUGHES DFC (pilot) RAF killed
Sgt. (904234) Jack Richard FRIEND (obs) RAFVR - killed
Sgt. (1002007) Frank BLENKHARN (WOp/AG) RAFVR - seriously injured.

In the past, the book "Men of the Battle of Britain" said that the Blenheim collided with an aircraft which had been training pilots in night landings at Peterborough aerodrome, the latter aircraft crashing too, killing all six men aboard. This did not take place at all.

1.ORB of 25 Sqdn RAF
2.Blenheim production list
3.http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?618-F-Lt-John-Hughes-DFC-25-Sqdn
4."The Bristol Blenheim: A Complete History", by Graham Warner. ISBN 0-85979-101-7
5.CWGC
http://bbm.org.uk/HughesJMM.htm
http://bbm.org.uk/Blenkharn.htm
http://bbm.org.uk/Friend.htm
http://www.maplandia.com/united-kingdom/england/east-anglia/cambridgeshire-county/elton/

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
23-Aug-2013 08:47	JINX	Added
27-Nov-2014 20:02	MiG21	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
07-Dec-2015 15:18	Laurent Rizzotti	Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
26-Sep-2018 10:04	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator]
04-Sep-2020 20:32	DB	Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator]