Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim I at RAF Charterhall

Date & Time: Jun 30, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
AZ959
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Charterhall - Charterhall
Location:
Charterhall AFB
Berwickshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a local training exercise at RAF Charterhall. For unknown reasons, the airplane crashed upon landing and was damaged beyond repair. A crew was injured.
Crew:
P/O R. C. McKnight, pilot,
P/O Leslie Rupert Parnell, observer.

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

Date & Time: May 25, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
Z6090
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Charterhall - Charterhall
Location:
Charterhall AFB
Berwickshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew departed RAF Charterhall on a night training exercise. While flying in clouds, the airplane went out of control, dove into the ground and crashed in Greenburn. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O John Andrew Hill, pilot,
Sgt Alfred Edwin Harrison, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Icing.
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