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Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Stanmore: 4 killed

Date & Time: Aug 23, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
V6179
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
While on a training exercise, the crew encountered an extremely poor visibility when the airplane collided with a house and crashed at Canons Park, Stanmore. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Norma Frederick Thompson, pilot,
Sgt George Horace MacNamara, observer,
P/O Henry John Fuller, wireless operator,
P/O John Maxwell Dobson, air gunner.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC near Stanmore: 5 killed

Date & Time: Oct 17, 1940 at 2145 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
N2771
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
East Wretham - East Wretham
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF East Wretham on an operation to Kiel. Few minutes after takeoff, the crew encountered icing conditions when control was lost. The airplane crashed on a tennis court located in Bentley Priory, near Stanmore. Five crew members were killed and a sixth occupant was seriously injured.
Crew (311th Squadron):
S/L Jan Vesely, †
P/O Jaroslav Matousek, †
P/O Jaroslav Slaby, †
Sgt Frantisek Zapletal, †
Sgt Josef Albrecht, †
P/O Frantisek Trular.
Probable cause:
Icing.