ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 302665
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| Date: | Wednesday 13 May 1942 |
| Time: | 16:30 |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 17 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | V5384 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Butcher’s Farm, Thorney, 6 miles NE of Peterborough Lincolnshire. -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Upwood, Huntingdonshire |
Blenheim V5384: Took off at 15:45 hrs for a Training flight / bombing practice. 13/05/1942
Crew had completed a successfully bombing practise, but three minutes later, at 16:30 hrs. dived from 100 feet and crashed at Butcher’s Farm, Thorney, 6 miles NE of Peterborough Lincolnshire, England.
Crew:
P/O (J/8781) Harry George ZAVADOWSKY (Pilot) RCAF - killed
P/O (118.634) Rodney Ernest CORR (Obs.) RAFVR - killed
Sgt (1123856) John WHITE (WOp/AG) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999
2.http://www.rafupwood.co.uk/17otulosses.html
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