ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 2672
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| Date: | Monday 18 July 1938 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 139 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L1153 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Wixford, 4 miles SSE of Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAY Wyton, Huntingdonshire |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Blenheim L1153: Written off (destroyed) 18/07/1938 when became lost at night on ROC exercise & abandoned out of fuel. Crashed onto a road at Wixford, 4 miles South South East of Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire (at approximate co ordinates 52.187°N 1.872°W). Officially the crash location was stated as "Bidford on Avon". Two crew bailed out, one killed.
Crew:
P/O (70419) Malcom Llewellyn McCOLM (pilot) RAF - OK.
Cpl (563323) David Owen DAY (Obs.) RAF - killed.
LAC (522940) James Hamilton GORDON (WOp/AG) RAF - OK.
The pilot P/O McColm and wireless operator LAC Gordon baled out safely, but the observer, Cpl Day died after his parachute fouled an aerial. According to the official Air Ministry announcement in "Flight" magazine (July 28, 1938 page 92 - see link #8)
"FLYING ACCIDENTS
No. 563323 Cpl. David Owen Day lost his life in an accident which occurred at Bidford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, on July 18, to an aircraft of No. 139 (Bomber) Squadron, Wyton, Huntingdon. Cpl. Day was a member of the crew of the aircraft. The pilot of the aircraft, P/O Malcolm Llewellyn McColm, and the other member of the crew, No. 522940 A/C.1 James Hamilton Gordon, were not injured."
Sources:
1. Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999
2. Folha da Noite 20 July 1938
3. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939.htm
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_McColm
5. http://aircrewremembered.com/blenheim-test.html
6. http://www.aviationarchaeology.org.uk/marg/crashes1930s.htm
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wixford
8. https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1938/1938%20-%202182.PDF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2008 08:03 | JINX | Added |
| 06-Mar-2012 09:51 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 22-Jul-2013 20:21 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Aug-2013 16:03 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 03-Aug-2013 22:37 | JINX | Updated [Operator] |
| 16-Aug-2013 03:13 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 10-Nov-2014 15:59 | INV | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
| 17-Jul-2015 19:52 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Feb-2018 12:52 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Mar-2018 23:02 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Mar-2018 20:26 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Sep-2018 09:21 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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