Bristol 142 Blenheim

Bizerte Governorate (ولاية بنزرت‎)

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BA828

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Blida - Blida

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Bizerte

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Tunisia

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Africa

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The crew departed Blida on an operation to the Bizerte-Sidi Ahmed Airport. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed 15 km northwest of Bizerte. All three crew members were rescued and became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt W. L. Williams,
F/Sgt J. C. McCombie,
F/Sgt J. R. Brown.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim V in Aldeia Nova

Date & Time: Nov 17, 1942 at 1000 LT

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BA529

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Portreath - Gibraltar

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The crew departed RAF Portreath on a transit flight to the Middle East with an intermediate stop in Gibraltar. While cruising over Portugal, one of the engine failed. The crew made an emergency landing near Aldeia Nova. The airplane was damaged beyond repair and all three crew members were rescued. They were interned then quickly released.
Crew:
P/O Charles Peter Cranford De Wesselow, pilot,
F/Sgt Ivor James Self, observer,
Sgt Wilfred David Burnham Bunting, wireless operator and air gunner.

Probable cause:

Engine failure in flight.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Fleetwood

Date & Time: Nov 15, 1942 at 1300 LT

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R3833

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Yes

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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Jurby - Jurby

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The crew departed RAF Jurby on a navigation exercise. While cruising over the Irish Sea, the airplane suffered an engine failure and was ditched off Fleetwood. Both crew members were injured.
Crew:
F/Sgt J. Meeklah, pilot,
F/O Stanislav Vydrář, observer.

Probable cause:

Engine failure in flight.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim V near RAF Charterhall: 1 killed

Date & Time: Nov 10, 1942

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BA111

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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Charterhall - Charterhall

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The pilot was performing a local solo training flight out from RAF Charterhall. While flying in the vicinity of the airbase, the airplane suffered an engine failure, went out of control and crashed in a field. The pilot was killed.
Crew:
F/O Thomas James Donohue, pilot.

Probable cause:

Failure of the right engine in flight.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim I near Duns: 2 killed

Date & Time: Nov 7, 1942

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L8720

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Charterhall - Charterhall

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The crew departed RAF Charterhall on a night training exercise. En route, the airplane ran out of fuel and the pilot attempted an emergency landing when the airplane collided with trees and crashed 3 km south of Duns. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt William Alfred Maurice Birt, pilot,
F/Sgt Charles Stradling, observer.

Probable cause:

Emergency landing following a fuel exhaustion.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim V in Newton Tony: 3 killed

Date & Time: Nov 6, 1942 at 1510 LT

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BA818

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Boscombe Down - Boscombe Down

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While on a training exercise, the twin engine airplane crashed in Newton Tony, some 3 km east of RAF Boscombe Down. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Robert Calder Gibson, pilot,
Sgt Thomas James McCloud, observer,
Sgt Herbert Edward Shaw, wireless operator.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim I in Greenlaw: 2 killed

Date & Time: Nov 3, 1942

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L6719

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The crew was performing a local night training exercise at RAF Charterhall. While circling in the vicinity of the airbase, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in Greenlaw, some 5 km west of the airfield. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Adam Keen, pilot,
Sgt Alan Weller, navigator.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim I in Ormiston: 1 killed

Date & Time: Oct 28, 1942

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L6752

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