ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 192101
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| Date: | Tuesday 27 February 1940 |
| Time: | 15:00 |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 114 (Hong Kong) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L8838 |
| MSN: | RT-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Beausart, near Acheux en Amienois, Somme. -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Condé-Vraux, Marne (Fr.) |
Blenheim L8838/J: Took off for a Training flight / low-altitude flight training mission. 27/02/1940
During low-altitude flight training mission, without knowing exactly why, the pilot lost control of his aircraft while flying in the clouds, through a very low ceiling. 2 crew members, Sgt Hawkins, observer, and AC1 Barrow, radio operator, evacuated by parachute, and are safe. The pilot apparently remained at the controls, or evacuated too low. The Blenheim L8838 crashed at a place called "La tête d'Acheux" on the territory of the commune of Mailly-Maillet, in the Somme department..
Crew:
P/O (41525) Harold DODGSON (Pilot) RAF - killed
Sgt ???? HAWKINS (obs.) RAF - bailed out /Ok
AC1 ???? BARROW (WOp/AG) RAF - bailed out /Ok
The loss of Harold Dodgson was the first operational fataltity for 114 Sqaudron in WWII
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-L9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1978)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/1852: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C164713
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2278858/dodgson,-harold/
4. https://www.somme-aviation-39-45.fr/dossiers-decouvertes/blenheim-iv-beaussart-27-fevrier-1940/-blenheim-iv-beaussart-27-fevrier-1940.html
5. http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=1847
6. http://amrvraux.com/page-2/
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 10 July 1942 | V5515 | 114 (Hong Kong) Sqn RAF | 0 | near RAF Great Massingham, Norfolk, England |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Dec-2016 13:35 | gerard57 | Added |
| 26-Sep-2018 09:26 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 30-Nov-2018 21:03 | John | Updated [Narrative] |
| 01-Jul-2019 22:08 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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