ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 307257
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| Date: | Thursday 6 February 1941 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 107 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L8777 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 5 miles of RAF Wattisham, Suffolk, England -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wattisham, Suffolk |
| RAF Newmarket, Suffolk |
Blenheim L8777: Took off for Training flight. 06/02/1941
While on a training exercise, the crew was forced to make an emergency landing near RAF Wattisham.
The aircraft was destroyed and all three crew members were rescued, among them one was injured.
Crew:
Sgt (742722) Ernest George CLARKE (pilot) RAF : Ok
Sgt (581354) Norman Henry SHEPPARD (Obs) RAF: injured
Sgt (551204) Edmund Harry WALESBY (WOp/AG) RAF : Ok
Sources:
1.Kew:AIR81/4868
2.ORB 107 Sqdn RAF
3.Blenheim production list
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