ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 302655
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| Date: | Thursday 1 October 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 17 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | V6315 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 1 mile west off RAF Upwood, Huntingdonshire, England -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Upwood, Huntingdonshire |
Blenheim V6315: Took off at 14:20 hrs for a Training flight. 01/10/1942
After took off after climbing to around 350 feet, the port engine cut. An initial swing to port was corrected and the aircraft momentarily straightened out before diving to the ground, a mile W of the airfield Upwood.
Crew:
Sgt (1078711) George DARBYSHIRE (Pilot) RAFVR - killed
P/O (120.085) Francis Leslie AUSTIN (obs./AB) RAFVR - killed
Sgt (1378098) Frank Alfred REEVE (WOp/AG) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999
2.http://www.rafupwood.co.uk/17otulosses.html
3.AIR81/18510
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