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Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim I at RAF Penrhos

Date & Time: Sep 29, 1939
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
L1341
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Penrhos - Penrhos
MSN:
8624
YOM:
1938
Location:
Penrhos AFB
Gwynedd
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a local training flight at RAF Penrhos when the twin engine airplane crashed upon landing for unknown reasons. Two crew members were injured and a third was unhurt.
Crew:
P/O A. M. Paape,
AC1 R. J. Ellicott,
Sgt G. Ryder.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.54 Harrow II in RAF Penrhos

Date & Time: Sep 8, 1939
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.54 Harrow
Operator:
Registration:
K6959
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Military
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Location:
Penrhos AFB
Gwynedd
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crashed shortly after take off from RAF Penrhos AFB, Wales, due to an engine failure. Crew fate unknown.
Probable cause:
Engine failure.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim I at RAF Penrhos

Date & Time: Jun 13, 1938
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
L1150
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Wyton – Penrhos
MSN:
8433
YOM:
1938
Location:
Penrhos AFB
Gwynedd
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
For unknown reasons, the twin engine airplane belly landed at RAF Penrhos on a flight from RAF Wyton. All three crew members evacuated safely while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.60G Moth off Barmouth: 1 killed

Date & Time: Aug 30, 1933
Type of aircraft:
De Havilland DH.60 Moth
Operator:
Samuel Perry Tyzack
Registration:
G-AAGS
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Private
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Sywell - Sywell
MSN:
1042
YOM:
1929
Location:
Barmouth
Gwynedd
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The pilot, sole on board, was completing a joyride out from Sywell. While flying over the beach in Barmouth at a very low height, the airplane struck two people standing on the beach and watching a regatta. One of them was killed and the second was seriously injured. The aircraft then lost height and crashed into the Mawddach estuary. The pilot was injured.
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