ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 192062
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| Date: | Saturday 23 March 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 90 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L4873 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Foel Wen in the Berwyn Mountains, North Wales -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Upwood, Cambridgeshire |
The pilot became disoriented and the plane crashed into a mountain. All three occupants died in the crash.
Pilot: 562657 Sgt Maurice Charles Cotterell - Shawbury (St Mary The Virgin) Churchyard Row 16 Collective Grave 3.
Observer: 581333 Sgt Ronald Jesse Harbour - Shawbury (St Mary The Virgin) Churchyard Row 16
Collective Grave 4.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 624045 AC2 Kenneth Charles Winterton - Shawbury (St Mary The Virgin) Churchyard Row 16 Collective Grave 5.
Sources:
https://militaryaircraftcrashsites.blogspot.nl/2013/06/bristol-blenheim-l4873.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Dec-2016 15:30 | gerard57 | Added |
| 13-Aug-2018 20:01 | Anon. | Updated [Operator] |
| 26-Sep-2018 12:17 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 24-May-2022 18:46 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
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