Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV near RAF Bottisham

Date & Time: Feb 11, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
V6383
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Warboys - Warboys
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The pilot departed RAF Warboys on a solo training mission. For unknown reasons, he was forced to bail out and abandoned the airplane that dove into the ground and crashed near RAF Bottisham. The pilot was injured.
Crew:
Sgt Ronald Hargreaves, pilot.