Bristol 142 Blenheim

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R3884

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Watton - Watton

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The airplane departed RAF Watton at 1115LT on an anti-shipping mission. While approaching the Dutch coast, the airplane was shot down by ground fire from the Kriegsmarine Vorpostenboot and crashed into the sea off Texel Island. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Peter Alexander Adams, pilot,
Sgt Thomas Reid Alston, observer,
Sgt Ralph Edward Nichols, wireless operator.

Probable cause:

Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim I in Kombolcha-Dessie

Date & Time: Mar 31, 1941

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L8433

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Aden - Aden

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The airplane departed Aden-Khormaksar Airport on an operation to Ethiopia. Approaching Dessie, it was shot down by the pilot of an Italian fighter and crashed. A crew was killed and two others were injured and became PoW.
Crew:
P/O John Alan Barke, pilot,
Sgt R. W. Scott, observer,
Sgt Gordon Charles Moore, wireless operator. †

Probable cause:

Shot down by an Italian fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV at RAF Saint Eval: 2 killed

Date & Time: Mar 30, 1941

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Landing (descent or approach)

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T2281

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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Yes

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Saint Eval - Saint Eval

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The airplane departed RAF St Eval at 2048LT on an operation to Brest. While returning to base in the evening, it overshot the runway and crashed in a field just beyond the runway end. Two crew members were killed and a third was seriously injured.
Crew:
Sgt Leslie Ernest Kiddle, pilot, †
Sgt Pieter Emile Gerald Cammaerts, observer, †
Sgt R. H. Kniveton, wireless operator.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim I near Koritsa

Date & Time: Mar 30, 1941

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L1390

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8673

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1938

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The bomber was shot down by ground fire and crash landed near Koritsa. All three crew members became PoW.

Probable cause:

Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV near White Waltham: 1 killed

Date & Time: Mar 29, 1941

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V6263

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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Military

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Liverpool - Lyneham

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The pilot departed Liverpool-Speke Airport on a flight to RAF Lyneham. En route, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances near RAF White Waltham. The pilot, sole on board, was killed.
Crew:
F/O Robert Serge Loewenstein, pilot.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV near RAF St Mawgan: 1 killed

Date & Time: Mar 28, 1941 at 0320 LT

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L8787

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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Yes

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Saint Eval - Saint Eval

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Newquay-Saint Mawgan AFB

Cornwall

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United Kingdom

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Europe

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The airplane departed RAF St Eval at 0111LT on an operation to Brest. It crashed for unknown reasons at 0320LT at Carnewas Farm, two miles north of RAF St Mawgan. All three crew members were injured. One of them died from injuries sustained on March 30.
Crew:
F/Lt Gordon Percy Yarrow, †
P/O R. Y. Ashley,
Sgt J. Grant.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Vierge Island: 3 killed

Date & Time: Mar 27, 1941

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V5865

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The bomber crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off Vierge Island. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Terence Patrick O'kelly Thomas Coady,
P/O John Miles Fothergill,
Sgt Peter Ralph Parker.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Ushant: 3 killed

Date & Time: Mar 27, 1941

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T2332

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Saint Eval - Saint Eval

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The airplane departed RAF St Eval at 1838LT on a mission to Ushant. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the pilot of a Me.109 and crashed into the sea. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Robert Norman Philpott, pilot,
Sgt Cyril Arthur Carew Goad, observer,
Sgt Frederick George Manning, wireless operator.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Dunkirk: 3 killed

Date & Time: Mar 26, 1941

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V5648

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