ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 302679
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| Date: | Saturday 3 January 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 17 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | P6959 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Stanton Upon Edgebolton, 8 miles NE off Shrewbury, England -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Upwood, Huntingdonshire |
Blenheim P6959: Took off for a cross-country exercise. 03/01/1942
Dived from the cloud base, estimated at 2000 feet, and failed to recover before hitting the ground at 11:45hrs at Stanton Upon Edgebolton, 8 miles NE from the centre of Shrewbury.
Crew:
F/O (Aus.400278) Melville John KINGSHOTT (Pilot) RAAF - killed
Sgt (1058855) Wilfred JOWETT (Obs) RAFVR - killed
Sgt (1058546) Robert Macauley MASSON (WOp/AG) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999
2.http://www.rafupwood.co.uk/17otulosses.html
3.https://d2uipk7udysvkd.cloudfront.net/collection/
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