Date:	Friday 13 October 1939
Time:	night
Type:	Bristol Blenheim Mk I
Owner/operator:	57 Sqn RAF
Registration:	L1147
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	near Harpenden, Hertfordshire -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Roye/Amy, Somme department, Hauts-de-France, France
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Bristol Blenheim Mk.I L1147, 57 Squadron, RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 13/10/39 while returning from a recon mission to Munster/Bremen areas of Germany in bad weather, aircraft became lost, ran out of fuel and was wrecked in a forced landing near Harpenden, Hertfordshire. No fatalities reported among the crew of three, including the pilot, Flying Officer Norman

Following the outbreak of the Second World War on 3/9/39, the squadron moved to France as part of the Air Component of the British Expeditionary Force, operating from Roye/Amy Airfield, Somme department in Hauts-de France, from 24/9/39 in the strategic reconnaissance role and moving to Rosières-en-Santerre on 18/10/39.

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
2. Bomber Command 1939-1940: The War before the War By Gordon Thorburn
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._57_Squadron_RAF#Second_World_War
4. http://57-630sqnassoc.org/history/
5. 57 Squadron ORB (Air Ministry Form 540) October 1939: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8452014
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roye-Amy_Airfield

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
16-Aug-2013 02:57	JINX	Added
15-Dec-2014 10:55	Jixon	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location]
23-Apr-2018 18:11	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
06-Oct-2018 15:20	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator]