Date:	Friday 1 December 1939
Time:	10:35
Type:	Bristol Blenheim Mk IF
Owner/operator:	141 Sqn RAF
Registration:	L8691
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	near RAF Leuchars, Fife, Scotland -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Turnhouse, Lothian
Destination airport:	RAF Leuchars, Fife
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Blenheim L8691: Took off for a Training flight. 01/12/1939
Dived into the ground out of cloud, near RAF Leuchars at 10:35 hrs.
Crew:
P/O (41810) Richard Michael WILLIAMS (pilot) RAF - killed
P/O (41892) Horace George YELLAND (Can. pilot) RAF - killed
AC.2 (627811) Leonard DALE (Wop/AG) RAF - killed
AC.2 (624714) John Cooper HUNT (Wop/AG) RAF - killed

It is notable that the official Air Ministry File on the accident (File AIR 81/1702) is closed for 82 years, until 1 January 2029. The decision to keep the file closed was taken in 2015 on the grounds of "Exemption 1: Personal information where the applicant is a 3rd party" and "Exemption 2: Information provided in confidence".

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-L9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1978 p 59)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/1702
3. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16359647
4. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939a.htm
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2457161/williams,-richard-michael/
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2457162/yelland,-horace-george/
7. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2457116/dale,-leonard/
8. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2735752/hunt,-john-cooper/
9. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?10566-141-Sq-1-12-1939
10. http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail.
11. http://www.gominaki.com/military-history/george-yelland
12. The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Canada, Monday, December 4, 1939.
13. https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/39360698/

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
28-Apr-2018 21:35	Dr. John Smith	Added
26-Sep-2018 12:05	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator]
25-Jun-2019 02:15	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, Narrative]
03-Apr-2020 19:43	Investig	Updated [Time, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator]