Accident Bristol Blenheim Mk IF L4905,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 302799
 
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Date:Thursday 3 October 1940
Time:03:55
Type:Silhouette image of generic BLEN model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Bristol Blenheim Mk IF
Owner/operator:600 (City of London) Sqn RAF
Registration: L4905
MSN: BQ-M
Fatalities:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Broadstone Warren Forest Row, Sussex, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Redhill, Surrey
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Blenheim L4905/M: Took off at 03:25 hrs for a Night patrol. 03/10/1940
Blenheim L4905 which had engine failure during a routine patrol in the early hours of 3/10/40. It crashed into trees on high ground at Broadstone Warren Forest Row, Sussex during a rainstorm.
Crew:
P/O (42566) Colin Anthony HOBSON (Pilot) RAF - killed
Sgt (NZ40920) David Ernest HUGHES (WOp/AG) RNZAF - killed
AC2 (1003497) Charles Frederick COOPER (RO) RAFVR - killed

Sources:

1:ORB 600 Sqdn RAF
2.CWGC
3.AIR81/3607

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