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Date: | Wednesday 17 June 1942 |
Time: | 09:45 |
Type: | Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
Owner/operator: | 17 OTU RAF |
Registration: | R3611 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 500 yard south of RAF Alconbury, Northamptonshire, England -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Alconbury, Northamptonshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Blenheim R3611: Took off at 09:40 hrs for a Training flight. 17/06/1942
After take off but having climbed to a mere 50 feet, the starboard engine cut causing the Blenheim to dive into the ground 500 yards south of the airfield Alconbury.
Crew:
Sgt (????) P.C. THOMPSON (pilot) RAFVR - injured
P/O (119.900) Robert Travers O'NEILL (obs) RAFVR - killed
Sgt (????) J.C. WILLIAMS (WOp/AG) RAFVR - injured
Sources:
1.Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999
2.http://www.rafupwood.co.uk/17otulosses.html
3.AIR81/15604
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