ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 302733
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| Date: | Thursday 19 December 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IF |
| Owner/operator: | 29 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L6612 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | two miles south-west of RAF Digby Lincolnshire, England -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wellingore, Lincolnshire |
| RAF Digby |
Blenheim L6612: Took off for a Training flight. 19/12/1940
Is believed to have hit a tree during low flying. It crashed two miles south-west of RAF Digby airfield.
Crew:
Sgt Edwin JONES (523574) Air Gunner RAF - killed
Sgt Sydney STOKOE (754855) Pilot RAF - killed
Sgt Iorwerth Walter WATKINS (979229) Obs. RAFVR - killed
Sgt Albert Alfred WILSDON (510613) Air Gunner RAF - killed
Sources:
Blenheim production list
https://www.bbm.org.uk/airmen/Jones.E.htm
http://www.bcar.org.uk/new1941-incident-logs
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