ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 302656
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| Date: | Sunday 11 October 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 17 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | T1931 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Upwood, Huntingdonshire, England -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Upwood, Huntingdonshire |
Blenheim T1931: Took off at 12:45 hrs for a Training flight. 11/10/1942
During took off but engine cut and within moments the Blenheim was engulfed in flames after hitting trees boarding the airfield RAF Upwood, Huntingdonshire.
Crew:
Sgt (1386317) Leslie PARTRIDGE (Pilot) RAFVR - killed
Sgt (1384371) William Robert HOPCRAFT (obs.) RAFVR - killed
Sgt (1268362) Frederick Mac Coy POOLE (WOp/AG) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999
2.http://www.rafupwood.co.uk/17otulosses.html
3.AIR81/18765
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