ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 22324
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| Date: | Tuesday 3 December 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IF |
| Owner/operator: | 29 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K7172 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Wooley Bridge, 10 miles east of Stockport, Cheshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | RAF Cranage, Cheshire |
| RAF Cranage |
Blenheim K7172 : Took off to perform a number of homing test exercises. 03/12/1940
He had arrived at Cranage on 1st December and had for the past two days been flying local while adjustments were being made to the equipment. During the afternoon of the third the tests had been very successful, unlike the previous two days. With flying conditions now rational and a 10/10th cloud base at 1,500 feet, it was decided by P/O Anderson that when flying visually a certain amount of cheating was all that was needed to achieve a practical result, so he flew into the cloud to see if the Homing Station could still make contact. It was during this manoeuvre that he found himself in trouble.
He recalled in his own words what happened next:
After entering cloud the Homing Station became completely useless and I therefore had to look after myself. With darkness fast approaching and being completely lost I descended below cloud level to look for landmarks. Very fortunately I had lowered into a valley and flew above some reservoirs which have since been identified as those between Manchester and Glossop; these in turn led me to the Woolley Bridge area and a field which appeared to provide a reasonable haven to the extent that a wheels-down landing was contemplated. Where else in the gathering dusk ? I thought. A low circuit, a small bounce with brakes on hard and suddenly a change in ground level which was not seen from above followed. After a fall of a few feet the rear decided to take over and reared above the nose and a perfected inverted landing resulted. It was, after a perfect landing, to find itself inverted in a ditch, south-west of Hollingworth at a place called Woolley Flatts.
Crew:
P/O (79739) Donald John ANDERSON (Pilot) RAFVR - OK
Sources:
1.Blenheim production list
2.https://www.bbm.org.uk/airmen/AndersonDJ.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Aug-2008 23:17 | Anon. | Added |
| 05-Oct-2009 18:34 | JINX | Updated |
| 15-Dec-2014 17:40 | Jixon | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Sep-2018 10:07 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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