ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 202947
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| Date: | Saturday 14 December 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 17 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | L4835 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Titterstone Clee Hill, Shropshire, England -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | |
On 14 December 1940 the Blenheim IV L4835 of 17 OTU RAF took off from Upwood for a cross-country exercise during which the weather deteriorated. Flying at 1,200 feet, the crew smashed into the side of Titterstone Clee Hill (1,750 feet above sea level) some 6 miles E of Ludlow, Shropshire.
Crew (all killed):
Sgt Ian Munro Curror (pilot, 19)
Sgt Alfred James Victot Secker RNZAF (observer under training, 27)
Sgt John Pinchard (wireless operator/air gunner, 20)
Sgt Curror was cremated. Sgt Secker RNZAF is buried in Bury Cemetery. Sgt Pinchard rests at Newcastle-Upon-Tyne (Byker and Heaton) Cemetery.
Sources:
http://www.rafupwood.co.uk/17otulosses.html
"Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses, volume 7: Operational Training Units 1940-1947", by W R Chorley, ISBN 1-85780-132-6
https://www.cwgc.org/find/find-war-dead
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titterstone_Clee_Hill
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=52.397580&lon=-2.602520&z=12&m=b
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Dec-2017 13:27 | Laurent Rizzotti | Added |
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