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The pilot was engaged in a local solo training flight at RAF Cranfield. Upon takeoff, the twin engine airplane went out of control and crashed. The pilot was uninjured.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV at RAF Cranfield

Date & Time: Mar 26, 1942

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V5798

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The pilot was completing a local training exercise at RAF Cranfield when the airplane crashed for unknown reasons upon landing and was later destroyed after a second RAF Blenheim registered V5932 ran into it. There were no injuries.
Crew:
Sgt H. Ferris, pilot.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV at RAF Cranfield

Date & Time: Mar 26, 1942

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V5932

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The pilot was completing a local training exercise at RAF Cranfield. After landing, the airplane ran into a second RAF Blenheim registered V5798 that just crashed earlier. There were no injuries.
Crew:
Sgt K. R. McCorick, pilot.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV at RAF Cranfield

Date & Time: Feb 23, 1942

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L4845

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8860

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1939

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The crew was completing a local training exercise at RAF Cranfield when an engine failed on approach. The airplane crashed upon landing and came to rest, bursting into flames. Both crew members evacuated safely.

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Engine failure.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Ramsey St Mary's: 2 killed

Date & Time: Feb 12, 1942

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V5806

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Douglas A-20 Havoc/DB-7 Boston

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Plain, Valley

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The crew departed RAF Cranfield on a training mission. In unknown circumstances, the airplane went out of control and crashed near Ramsey St Mary's. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O George Edgar Fletcher, pilot,
Sgt Keith Barlow Jones, wireless operator and air gunner.

Crash of a Douglas A-20 Havoc I at RAF Cranfield: 1 killed

Date & Time: Feb 12, 1942

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AE457

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The pilot was engaged in a local solo training flight at RAF Cranfield. Shortly after a night takeoff, he lost control of the airplane that crashed near the airfield. The pilot was killed.
Crew:
P/O Charles David Fearnley Kaye, pilot.

Crash of a Douglas A-20 Havoc I at RAF Cranfield

Date & Time: Feb 7, 1942

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AE467

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Cranfiel

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The crew was completing a local training flight at RAF Cranfield. After landing, the brakes failed. The airplane went out of control, came to a stop in a trench collapsing the undercarriage. Both crew members escaped uninjured.

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Brakes failure upon landing.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV near Ampthill: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jan 27, 1942

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N6163

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Plain, Valley

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9263

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The pilot departed RAF Cranfield on a solo training flight. The airplane crashed for unknown reasons at King's Wood near Ampthill. The pilot was killed.
Crew:
Sgt Richard John Latham, pilot.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim I at RAF Cranfield

Date & Time: Jan 24, 1942

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L6750

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