Date:	Friday 5 November 1943
Time:
Type:	Bristol Blenheim Mk V
Owner/operator:	211 Sqn RAF
Registration:	AZ887
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	37
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	one mile west of RAF Poona (now Pune), Maharashtra -   India
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Poona (PNQ)
Destination airport:	RAF Poona (PNQ)

Narrative:
Blenheim AZ887: Took off from the Aircrew Transit Pool RAF Poona for training flight. 05/11/1943
Crashed while attempting emergency landing when flaps were jammed. F/Sgt Russ was flying Blenheim AZ887 on the crosswind leg of his approach to the airfield when he crashed one mile west of Poona with the flaps jammed, one up and the other down. He was alone in the aircraft, but 37 Indians in the camp village were also killed in the accident. On investigation, a 6in hand-file was found jammed in the flap actuating mechanism.
Crew:
F/Sgt (656508) Philip James RUSS (Pilot) RAF - killed

1.Indian Express Nov 09 1943, p.1
2.https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2190985/PHILIP%20JAMES%20RUSS/
3.http://www.211squadron.org/bristol_blenheim_iv.html
4.Blenheim production list

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
22-Dec-2020 11:07	Ajai Banerji	Added
22-Dec-2020 12:56	Koumes	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator]
08-Jul-2022 20:44	Ron Averes	Updated [Aircraft type]