Whittlesey | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives

Following an uneventful mission, the airplane was returning to base when it ran out of fuel, forcing all 10 crew members to bail out. Out of control, the airplane dove into the ground and crashed in Whittlesey. All 10 occupants parachuted to safety.

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Fuel exhaustion.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim I near Whittlesey

Date & Time: Mar 15, 1943

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Bristol 142 Blenheim

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L6801

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While on a navigation exercise, the crew got lost and was forced to attempt an emergency landing. The airplane crash landed near Whittlesey and came to rest upside down. All crew members escaped uninjured.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV near Whittlesey

Date & Time: Aug 29, 1941 at 1415 LT

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Bristol 142 Blenheim

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R3734

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Upwood - Upwood

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The crew was engaged in a training exercise out from RAF Upwood. The right engine failed in flight, forcing the crew to attempt an emergency landing. The airplane crash landed in an open field located about 5 km west of Whittlesey. Both crew members were uninjured.
Crew:
P/O J. G. C. Grieve,
P/O G. J. Rowley.

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Failure of the right engine in flight.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Whittlesey

Date & Time: Dec 3, 1939

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Bristol 142 Blenheim

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L4884

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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.