Accident Bristol Blenheim Mk IV Z7372 ,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 205814
 
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Date:Thursday 2 July 1942
Time:night
Type:Silhouette image of generic BLEN model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Bristol Blenheim Mk IV
Owner/operator:18 Sqn RAF
Registration: Z7372
MSN: WV-
Fatalities:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage: Aircraft missing
Location:Missing - lost without trace -
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Wattisham, Suffolk
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 00:20 hrs for an intruder operation & failed to return.
All three are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial:
Crew:
1379922 Sgt William Edward Furness - killed
NZ/411725 Plt Off Robin William Morton RNZAF - killed
1021381 Sgt Thomas Stanley Ross - killed

Sources:

Bomber Command losses 1942
CWGC
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=%09Z7372

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
4 July 1940 L8866 18 Sqn RAF 3 Brielse Maas or near Oostvoorne, Zuid-Holland w/o
2 August 1940 L9422 18 Sqn RAF 3 near 'De Schouwse Boer', Haamstede, Zeeland w/o
7 May 1942 V6382 18 Sqn RAF 3 North Sea 40 km W of Walcheren, Zeeland w/o
9 May 1942 V6523 18 Sqn RAF 1 south of Orford Road, 3 miles NE of Woodbridge, Suffolk, England w/o
9 June 1942 Z7283 18 Sqn RAF 2 Cottage at Hough-on-the-Hill 5 mi N of Grantham, Lincolnshire, England w/o
12 July 1942 V6371 18 Sqn RAF 0 near RAF Wattisham, south of Stowmarket, Suffolk, England unk
14 July 1942 V5503 18 Sqn RAF 0 Near Bredfield House Bredfield w/o
18 July 1942 Z7304 18 Sqn RAF 4 Poringland Radar Station, 4 miles SE of Norwich, England w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
07-Feb-2018 21:04 Red Dragon Added
12-Feb-2018 09:36 XindelXL Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Phase, Destination airport, Narrative]
05-May-2020 18:51 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative]
05-May-2020 18:53 TigerTimon Updated [Date]

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