Accident Bristol Blenheim Mk IF N6172,
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Date:Friday 5 December 1941
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic BLEN model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Bristol Blenheim Mk IF
Owner/operator:51 OTU RAF
Registration: N6172
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Beckering Park, near Steppingley, Bedfordshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Approach
Nature:Training
Departure airport:RAF Cranfield, Bedfordshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Blenheim N6172: Took off for Training flight. 05/12/1941.
Flew into the ground after his artificial horizon failed at night.
Crashed on approach Beckering Park, near Steppingley, Bedfordshire.
Crew:
Sgt (655105) Douglas Walter RALEY (Pilot) RAF -Killed

Sources:

1.Blenheim production list
2.AIR81/10689
3.CWGC
4.ORB

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