Date:	Tuesday 13 April 1943
Time:	19:43
Type:	Bristol Blenheim Mk I
Owner/operator:	13 OTU RAF
Registration:	L8379
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Finmere, Buckinghamshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Finmere, Buckinghamshire
Destination airport:

Narrative:
On 13 April 1943 Flg Off D Mossman, an instructor of 13 OTU RAF, and Plt Off E Semple, a pupil pilot, took off at 1943 hrs from RAF Finmere for a demonstration flight with the Blenheim I L8379 -B. According the unit records, part of the demonstration was to show the effect of taking off in coarse pitch. But during the take off an engine cut and the instructor retracted the undercarriage in order to remai within the confines of the airfield. Both crew were unhurt but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

"The Bristol Blenheim: A Complete History", by Graham Warner, ISBN 0-85979-101-7, page 613
"RAF Bomber Command Losses, volume 7: Operational Training Units 1940-1947", by W.R. Chorley, ISBN 978-1-85780-132-6, page 212
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Finmere
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=51.985556&lon=-1.067222&z=14&m=w

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
16-Sep-2008 21:04	JINX	Added
13-Aug-2013 15:38	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative]
14-Sep-2014 09:17	Jixon	Updated [Location, Departure airport]
20-Jul-2021 20:13	Anon.	Updated [Location, Operator]
09-Nov-2022 07:22	Laurent Rizzotti	Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]