ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 302638
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| Date: | Friday 29 January 1943 |
| Time: | 22:31 |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 17 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | L8718 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Abingdon Piggotts, 14 miles SW of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Upwood, Huntingdonshire |
Blenheim I L8718 : Took off at 22:26hrs for a night exercise. 29/01/1943
Crash at 22:31hrs and burst into flames at Abingdon Piggotts, 14 miles SW of Cambridge and within sight of RAF Bassingbourn airfield.
Crew:
F/Sgt (R/105365) Albert Ardagh MITCHELL (Pilot) RCAF - killed
Sgt (1380721) William Rees DEACON (WOp/AG) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.blenheim production list
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