Bodney AFB

Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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V6455

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Takeoff (climb)

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Training

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Yes

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Bodney - Bodney

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The airplane departed RAF Bodney at 1120LT on a local training exercise and crashed almost immediately. All five crew members were injured.
Crew:
P/O T. A. M. Jack,
Sgt E. F. Kerr,
Sgt H. Slater,
P/O J. F. Graham,
Sgt Broadhurst.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Ostend: 3 killed

Date & Time: Dec 8, 1941 at 0139 LT

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V5876

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City

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Bodney - Bodney

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The airplane departed RAF Bodney on an operation to Ostend. While approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Thomas McSkimming Wilson, pilot,
Sgt Robert Johnston, observer,
Sgt Frederick Charles Hubbard, wireless operator.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV at RAF Bodney

Date & Time: Dec 5, 1941 at 1815 LT

Type of aircraft:

Landing (descent or approach)

Operator:

Registration:

L9268

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Training

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Yes

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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Bodney - Bodney

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The crew was completing a local training sortie at RAF Bodney when the airplane crashed for unknown reasons upon landing. Both crew members were injured.
Crew:
P/O F. W. Wilson,
P/O E. Forbes.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Katwijk aan Zee: 3 killed

Date & Time: Oct 21, 1941 at 1535 LT

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V5634

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The airplane departed RAF Bodney at 1330LT on an anti-shipping operation. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by the German Marine Flak and crashed into the sea off Katwijk aan Zee. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O James Harold Richardson, pilot,
F/Sgt Alec John Park, observer,
F/Sgt George Charles Percival Haines, wireless operator.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Marine Flak.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Katwijk aan Zee: 3 killed

Date & Time: Oct 21, 1941 at 1533 LT

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V6146

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The airplane departed RAF Bodney at 1330LT on an anti-shipping operation. It was shot down by a Me.109 and crashed into the sea off Katwijk aan Zee. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Bruce Bertram Barber, pilot,
P/O Henry Hodsmyth Pibus, observer,
Sgt Edward William Paine, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Zandvoort: 3 killed

Date & Time: Oct 12, 1941 at 1426 LT

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L4880

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Bodney - Bodney

MSN:

8895

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1939

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The airplane departed RAF Bodney on an anti-shipping operation. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by the German Marine Flak and crashed into the sea off Zandvoort. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Frederick Ernest Victor Day, pilot,
Sgt Geoffrey Alfred Robbins, observer,
Sgt Frederick Valentine Francis Lane, wireless operator.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Marine Flak.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Zandvoort: 3 killed

Date & Time: Oct 12, 1941 at 1426 LT

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V5824

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The airplane departed RAF Bodney on an anti-shipping operation. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by the German Marine Flak and crashed into the sea off Zandvoort. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt John James Ashurst, pilot,
Sgt Thomas Victor Steele, observer,
Sgt Reginald John Banks, wireless operator.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Marine Flak.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Le Touquet: 3 killed

Date & Time: Sep 17, 1941

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V6086

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Plain, Valley

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The airplane departed RAF Bodney at 1304LT to attack a power station and chemical complex at Mazingarbe. Passing over Le Touquet, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Douglas Arthur Bartrip,
P/O Courteney John Harper,
P/O John Bridges Patterson.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Heligoland Island: 3 killed

Date & Time: Aug 26, 1941

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Z7277

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