Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Whittlesey
Date & Time:
Dec 3, 1939
Operator:
Registration:
L4884
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Upwood - Upwood
MSN:
8899
YOM:
1939
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
At dusk, the crew was returning to his base at RAF Upwood but became lost. The pilot attempted an emergency landing in Whittlesey, about 13 km north of the airbase. After landing, the aircraft hit a dyke and came to rest upside down. Both crew members were injured.
Crew:
Sgt L. Charnock,
AC1 J. Harking.
Crew:
Sgt L. Charnock,
AC1 J. Harking.
