ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 161924
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| Date: | Monday 23 September 1940 |
| Time: | 14:30 |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 17 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | L8797 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Tuffley on the southern outskirts of Gloucester, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Upwood, Cambridgeshire |
Blenheim L8797: Took off for live bombing practice over Cardigan Bay.
Crash-landing, due to engine problems, at approximately 14:30 hrs near Tuffley.
Blenheim back from a training mission when one of the bomber's engines failed.
As the story is told, Coventry managed to steer the plummeting bomber away from a busy school in Quedgeley, near Gloucester, before it crashed in a field. Coventry died in the flaming wreck.
Crew:
F/Lt (33023) Robert George COVENTRY (pilot) RAF killed
Sgt J LANE (obs) RAFVR - injured
Sgt G WILSON (Wop/AG) RAFVR - injured
Sources:
1. http://www.rafupwood.co.uk/17otulosses.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Nov-2013 14:29 | Nepa | Added |
| 15-Apr-2021 15:57 | Nepa | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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