ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 162353
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| Date: | Tuesday 15 April 1941 |
| Time: | 09:30 |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 17 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | L4892 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 2 miles E of Polebrook airfield and about the same distance ESE of Ou -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Upwood, Cambridgeshire |
| RAF Upwood |
T/o Upwood for a low-level bombing exercise. Lost power and at 09:30 crash-landed, hitting some telephone wires and a hedge, roughly 2 miles E of Polebrook airfield and about the same distance ESE of Oundle in Northamptonshire.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Albert Jenkins Taylor RAF 60537 [Injured] (NCO:981785 Commission Gazetted : Friday 28 February, 1941)
Crew : Pilot Officer Thomas Edward Wootton RAF 61024 [Injured] (NCO:935415 Commission Gazetted : Friday 14 March, 1941)
Sources:
http://www.rafupwood.co.uk/17otulosses.html
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Nov-2013 09:55 | Nepa | Added |
| 29-Apr-2023 13:41 | Rob Davis | Updated |
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