ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 225390
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| Date: | Wednesday 31 July 1940 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IF |
| Owner/operator: | 29 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L6722 |
| MSN: | RO-K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bristol Channel, off Worm's Head, Rhossili, Gower Peninsula, Wales -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | RAF St.Athan, Glamorgan, South Wales |
This Blenheim L6722 was in collision with another Blenheim, L1408 of 25 Squadron during A.I. Radar System trials over the Bristol Channel off Worm's Head, Rhossili, Gower Peninsula, on 31st July 1940.
All six crew - three in each aircraft were killed:
Crew of Blenheim L6722:
Sgt. (590565) Edward WAITE (pilot) RAF - killed
Sgt.(509309) Cecil James RICHARDSON (Obs) RAF - killed
LAC (1152201) Thomas Arthur WARD (WOp/AG) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1. Halley, J J, 1993, Air Britain, Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000 to N9999
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/2497
3. http://www.ggat.org.uk/timeline/pdf/Military%20Aircraft%20Crash%20Sites%20in%20Southeast%20Wales.pdf
4. https://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/515601/details/bristol-blenheim-1-l6722
5. https://britainatwar.keypublishing.com/2018/08/23/the-many-raf-ground-crew-in-the-battle-of-britain/
6. http://www.bbm.org.uk/airmen/ThompsonJB.htm
7. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1809408/waite,-edward/
8. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2940175/richardson,-cecil-james/
9. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1809625/ward,-thomas-arthur/
10. https://wartimeni.com/person/joseph-beckett-thompson/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-May-2019 22:25 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 24-May-2019 13:20 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 31-May-2019 21:37 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn] |
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