ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 302882
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| Date: | Tuesday 5 November 1940 |
| Time: | 22:05 |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 21 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R3757 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near RAF Bodney, Norfolk, England -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bodney, Norfolk |
Blenheim R3757: Took off at 22:00 hrs for an Night Local Training flight. 05/11/1940
The crew was completing a local training flight at RAF Bodney. Shortly after a night takeoff, while climbing to a height of 200 feet, the airplane entered a dive, crashed and exploded. A crew was killed and three others were seriously injured.
Crew:
S/Ldr (????) G.S KING (pilot) RAF - injured
Sgt (751942) George Harvey WHALEN (obs.) RAF - seriously injured /died 06/12/1942
Sgt (640962) Edwin Horatio STURT (WOP/AG) RAF - killed
Sgt (551530) Lionel (Leo) Harvey LIGHTFOOT (WOP/obs) RAF : seriously injured.
Sources:
1.https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl
2.ORB 21 Sqdn RAF
3.CWGC
4.AIR81/4107
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