ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 173641
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| Date: | Tuesday 25 July 1939 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IF |
| Owner/operator: | 23 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L1465 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Longlands Field, Little Humby 5mi E of Grantham, Lincolnshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wittering, Cambridgeshire |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Blenheim L1465: Destroyed 25/07/1939 when collided with Hawker Hart K4977 of No 12 FTS at Longlands Field, Little Humby, South Kesteven, five miles east of Grantham, Lincolnshire. (At approximate co ordinates 52.884644°N 0.511296°W). One person in each aircraft was killed, one of the Blenheim crew baled out:
Crew:
F/O (36115) Percy Don WALKER (pilot) RAF - baled out; injured
Sgt Leslie George TARRANT (Obs.) RAF killed
Pilot of Hawker Hart K4977 - Acting P/O William Leonard WRIGHT (RAF) - was also killed. According to a contemporary report in the "Lincolnshire Echo" (on the Coroners inquest into the death of the pilot), which is the nearest thing to an "eyewitness report":
"The Coroner received a statement by Flying Officer Walker, in which he said that he performed a steep climbing turn after break-away intending to recall the flight to a southerly course, when he felt a tremendous jar The cockpit of his machine was badly damaged, and the craft fell out of control in a steep dive. His height was about 2,000 feet at the time and Sgt. Tarrant opened the sliding roof a few inches and began to buckle on his parachute. He (Walker) undid his belt, and tried to open the sliding roof a little further, but it seemed to have jammed. He eventually managed to open it just enough to abandon the machine."
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939.htm
3. http://aircrewremembered.com/blenheim-test.html
4. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?16019-Who-is-quot-Harry-quot-23-Sqn-Early-1939/page3&styleid=3
5. http://www.bcar.org.uk/1930s-incident-logs#1939
6. http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/sergeant-leslie-george-tarrant-raf-25th-july-1939.70101/
7. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?18234-Pre-War-Wittering-acft-amp-personnel-losses/page2&styleid=3
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Feb-2015 20:29 | Quentin | Added |
| 08-Feb-2015 12:37 | Erectus | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 26-Jan-2018 00:45 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Mar-2018 20:37 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Sep-2018 10:14 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 01-Nov-2023 10:05 | Nepa | Updated [[Operator, Operator]] |
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