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Date: | Wednesday 22 March 1939 |
Time: | |
Type: | Bristol Blenheim Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 62 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | L1262 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Cranford, near Kettering, Northamptonshire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Cranfield, Bedfordshire |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Blenheim L1262:Took off for operational range test flight 22/03/1939:
Believed pilot lost control during a hail storm and crashed between Underwood and Cranford, near Kettering, Northamptonshire, killing all three occupants
Crew:
P/O David SHINE (pilot) RAF killed
Sgt John Randolph WILES (obs) RAF killed
AC/2 Frederick George LEWIS (W/T oper.) RAF killed
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
2.
http://aircrewremembered.com/blenheim-test.html 3.
http://www.santafe.gov.ar/hemerotecadigital/diario/18444/?page=2 4.
http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939.htm 5.
http://www.mackz.net/cm_cranfield%20burials.htm 6. Devotion to a Calling: Far-East Flying and Survival with 62 Squadron RAF By Harley Boxall, Joe Bamford pages 37-38
7.
http://stmhs.proboards.com/post/686 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
27-Sep-2015 13:34 |
Brown142 |
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11-Feb-2016 17:59 |
MrBean1941 |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
29-Aug-2016 13:41 |
TB |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
26-Jan-2018 02:11 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
12-Feb-2018 09:28 |
XindelXL |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative] |
25-Mar-2018 21:10 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
06-Oct-2018 06:42 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
01-Nov-2023 09:53 |
Nepa |
Updated [[Operator, Operator]] |