ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 302670
This information is added by users of ASN. Neither ASN nor the Flight Safety Foundation are responsible for the completeness or correctness of this information.
If you feel this information is incomplete or incorrect, you can submit corrected information.
| Date: | Friday 13 March 1942 |
| Time: | 09:27 |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 17 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | N3538 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Boston Spa, 2 miles SSE of Wetherby, Yorkshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Upwood, Huntingdonshire |
Blenheim N3538: Took off for a Training flight /cross-country exercise. 13/03/1942
Flew into high-tension cables and crashed 09:27hrs about one hundred yards E of Thorp Arch church on the North bank of the Wharfe which separates the hamlet of Thorp Arch from Boston Spa, 2 miles SSE of Wetherby, Yorkshire. The Blenheim burst into flames on impact,
Crew:
Sgt (610946) William CURLET (Pilot) RAF - killed
P/O (116.737) John Douglas Lamb McCOLL (Obs.) - killed
Sgt (1062598) Eric JOHNSON (WOp/AG) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999
2.http://www.rafupwood.co.uk/17otulosses.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|
Corrections or additions? ... Edit this accident description
The Aviation Safety Network is an exclusive service provided by:
Quick Links:
| ASN Home | Send Correction / Feedback |
| FSF Home | Disclaimer | Copyright |
| Contact Us | Privacy Policy |
| Press / Media |
CONNECT WITH US:
©2024 Flight Safety Foundation