Bristol 142 Blenheim

Operator:

Registration:

L8387

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Survivors:

Site:

Location:

Country:

Region:

Crew on board:

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

Circumstances:

The airplane was returning to HMS Ceres cruising in the Gulf of Aden following an operation over Hargeisa. It crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea. All three crew members were rescued.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV into the North Sea: 3 killed

Date & Time: Aug 16, 1940

Type of aircraft:

Operator:

Registration:

R3770

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Survivors:

Site:

Schedule:

Wyton - Wyton

Location:

Country:

Region:

Crew on board:

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

Circumstances:

The airplane departed RAF Wyton and was lost without trace, probably after crashing into the North Sea. No trace was ever found.
Crew:
Sgt Henry Bowers,
Sgt Peter Kevin Garvey,
Sgt Henry Rolls.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Cherbourg

Date & Time: Aug 15, 1940

Type of aircraft:

Operator:

Registration:

P4908

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Survivors:

Site:

Schedule:

Wyton - Wyton

MSN:

9390

YOM:

1939

Location:

Country:

Region:

Crew on board:

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

Circumstances:

The airplane departed RAF Wyton at 2105LT on August 14 on a raid over Chartres. At the end of the night, probably due to a fuel exhaustion after being hit by enemy fire, the crew ditched the airplane off Cherbourg. The aircraft sank and was lost. All three crew members took place in a dinghy and became PoW after the reached the shore.
Crew:
Sgt Kenneth Roy Newton, pilot,
Sgt Gavin Allen McCreary, observer,
Sgt Frederick Miles Hotchkiss, wireless operator and air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Les Corvées-les-Yys

Date & Time: Aug 15, 1940

Type of aircraft:

Operator:

Registration:

R3609

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Survivors:

Site:

Schedule:

Wyton - Wyton

Location:

Country:

Region:

Crew on board:

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

Circumstances:

The airplane departed RAF Wyton in the evening of August 14 on a mission over Chartres. While cruising at night, the crew was forced to bail out and abandoned the aircraft that entered a dive and crashed in a field located in Les Corvées-les-Yys. Two crew evaded and a third became PoW.
Crew:
P/O George Parker, pilot,
Sgt G. H. Easton, observer,
Sgt Eric Watson, wireless operator and air gunner.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV into the North Sea: 3 killed

Date & Time: Aug 15, 1940

Type of aircraft:

Operator:

Registration:

T1882

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Survivors:

Site:

Schedule:

West Raynham - West Raynham

Location:

Country:

Region:

Crew on board:

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

Circumstances:

The airplane departed RAF West Raynham on an anti-shipping mission. It was lost without trace, maybe after crashing into the North Sea. No trace was ever found.
Crew:
Sgt Thomas Patrick Joseph Byrne,
Sgt Frederick Leece Smith,
Sgt Harold Edward Tyldesley.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV at RAF Upwood

Date & Time: Aug 14, 1940

Type of aircraft:

Landing (descent or approach)

Operator:

Registration:

L8839

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Training

Survivors:

Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

Site:

Schedule:

Upwood - Upwood

Location:

Country:

Region:

Crew on board:

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

Circumstances:

The pilot was completing a solo training flight at RAF Upwood. The airplane crashed upon landing after the undercarriage got jammed. The pilot F/Sgt T. J. Watkins was uninjured.

Probable cause:

Undercarriage jammed upon landing.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Aalborg: 1 killed

Date & Time: Aug 13, 1940 at 1219 LT

Type of aircraft:

Operator:

Registration:

R3800

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Survivors:

Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

Site:

Schedule:

Watton - Watton

Location:

Country:

Region:

Crew on board:

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

Circumstances:

The airplane departed RAF Watton at 0840LT on a bombing mission over Aalborg. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed near the Aalborg Airport. A crew was killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt Thomas Edward Syms, pilot,
Sgt Kenneth Herbert Wright, observer,
Sgt Edward Victor Turner, wireless operator and air gunner. †

Probable cause:

Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV into The Channel: 3 killed

Date & Time: Aug 13, 1940

Type of aircraft:

Operator:

Registration:

L9265

Flight Phase:

Flight Type:

Military

Survivors:

Site:

Schedule:

Oulton - Oulton

Location:

Country:

Region:

Crew on board:

Crew fatalities:

Pax on board:

Pax fatalities:

Other fatalities:

Total fatalities:

Circumstances:

The airplane departed RAF Oulton on an operation to Jersey. It was lost without trace, maybe after crashing into The Channel. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Illtyd Thomas Holden Carson,
Sgt Leslie Edwin Moores,
Sgt Donald Patrick Morrissy.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Fermanville: 3 killed

Date & Time: Aug 13, 1940

Type of aircraft:

Operator:

Registration:

R3768

Flight Phase:

Flight Type: