ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 162390
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| Date: | Thursday 10 April 1941 |
| Time: | 21:20 |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 17 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | V5519 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near RAF Upwood, Cambridgeshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Upwood, Cambridgeshire |
Took off from Upwood, with his wireless operator, to engage in night circuit practice. At 2120, while banking, flew into a lighting pole and crashed onto the flare path, bursting into flames. Both crew members managed to scramble clear but the seven airmen on flare path duty were not so fortunate. All were rushed to RAF Hospital Ely (Sgt McL Wells died in the ambulance) where four succumbed to their injuries within twenty-four hour.
Crew:
Sgt D.G KNIGHT (pilot) RAFVR - OK
Sgt D. OWEN (obs) RAFVR - OK
Victims:
Sgt (957427) Sidney Mcleod WELLS (Obs.) RAFVR injured later died in the ambulance
Cpl ???? T.P. BRENNAN (RAFVR) injured
LAC (943397) Donald George FRANCKS (RAFVR) injured /died within 24 hours
LAC ???? E.R PLAISTER (RAFVR) injured
AC1 (963497) Laurence Frederick Roy TRICKETT (RAFVR) injured /died within 24 hours
AC1 (991152) George Allan FIRTH (RAFVR) injured /died within 24 hours
AC2 (984659) John Brown TAIT (RAFVR) injured /died within 24 hours
Sources:
1.http://www.rafupwood.co.uk/17otulosses.html
2.CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Nov-2013 09:22 | Nepa | Added |
| 23-Feb-2020 10:14 | Iwosh | Updated [Location, Operator] |
| 08-Jul-2023 18:03 | Nepa | Updated [[Location, Operator]] |
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