ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 22278
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| Date: | Thursday 22 February 1940 |
| Time: | 23:45 |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IF |
| Owner/operator: | 23 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L1450 |
| MSN: | YP-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Redcar Racecourse, Yorkshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wittering, Northamptonshire |
Blenheim L1450: Took off at 20:45hrs for a searchlight co-operation flight over an area of the east coast /the coast around The Wash. 22/02/1940
During this co-operation flight approaching aircraft were picked up on Allied early warning equipment and this aircraft was sent to intercept in an area around Hunstanton. The aircraft is believed to have sustained damage after combat with enemy aircraft and the radio equipment also failed. Finding themselves much higher up the Yorkshire coast and almost certainly with the fuel level being low the aircraft was force-landed on Redcar Racecourse at 23:45hrs. The two men on board escaped injury but the aircraft was slightly undamaged, either by bullets from the enemy aircraft or as a result of the forced-landing.
Crew:
P/O (40802) Aston Maurice COOPER-KEY (pilot) RAF - Ok
LAC ???? ELLIOTT (WOp/AG) RAF - Ok
Sources:
1.https://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/yorkshire/york40/l1450.html
2.Blenheim production list
3.ORB 23 Sqdn RAF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Aug-2008 09:39 | Anon. | Added |
| 19-Jan-2012 14:45 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 06-Aug-2013 18:58 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 20-Sep-2014 08:25 | Jixon | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Sep-2014 02:52 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport] |
| 14-Oct-2014 14:38 | Lorenzo Lamas | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 19-Oct-2014 10:09 | Tu144 | Updated [Location] |
| 26-Sep-2018 10:15 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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