Berwickshire

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BA194

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The crew departed RAF Charterhall after midnight on a local training exercise. While circling in the vicinity of the airbase in poor weather conditions, the airplane entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in a field. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Richard Hillary, pilot,
Sgt Kenneth Wilfred Young Fison, observer.

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Icing may have been a factor.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Lauder: 1 killed

Date & Time: Dec 8, 1942

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Z7443

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The pilot departed RAF East Fortune on a solo training flight. While cruising in clouds, he lost control of the airplane that dove into the ground and crashed in Lauder. The pilot was killed.
Crew:
Sgt John Eskrett Charker, pilot.

Probable cause:

Spatial disorientation while flying in clouds.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim V near RAF Charterhall: 1 killed

Date & Time: Nov 10, 1942

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BA111

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The pilot was performing a local solo training flight out from RAF Charterhall. While flying in the vicinity of the airbase, the airplane suffered an engine failure, went out of control and crashed in a field. The pilot was killed.
Crew:
F/O Thomas James Donohue, pilot.

Probable cause:

Failure of the right engine in flight.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim I near Duns: 2 killed

Date & Time: Nov 7, 1942

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L8720

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The crew departed RAF Charterhall on a night training exercise. En route, the airplane ran out of fuel and the pilot attempted an emergency landing when the airplane collided with trees and crashed 3 km south of Duns. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt William Alfred Maurice Birt, pilot,
F/Sgt Charles Stradling, observer.

Probable cause:

Emergency landing following a fuel exhaustion.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim I in Greenlaw: 2 killed

Date & Time: Nov 3, 1942

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L6719

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The crew was performing a local night training exercise at RAF Charterhall. While circling in the vicinity of the airbase, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in Greenlaw, some 5 km west of the airfield. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Adam Keen, pilot,
Sgt Alan Weller, navigator.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim V near RAF Charterhall: 2 killed

Date & Time: Aug 14, 1942 at 0130 LT

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BA192

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Takeoff (climb)

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The airplane departed RAF Charterhall on a night navigation exercise. Shortly after liftoff, while in initial climb, it collided with trees and crashed in a field located 3 km south from the airbase. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Thomas Alan Rutherford, pilot,
Sgt James Clifford Kidd, observer and wireless operator.

Ground accident of a Bristol 142 Blenheim I at RAF Charterhill

Date & Time: Aug 12, 1942

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L4930

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Taxiing

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Military

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Yes

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Charterhall - Charterhall

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8945

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1939

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While taxiing at RAF Charterhall, the airplane collided with a second RAF Blenheim registered AZ964 and was destroyed. Both crew members escaped uninjured. The second Blenheim was repaired.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim I at RAF Charterhall

Date & Time: Jun 30, 1942

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Landing (descent or approach)

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AZ959

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The crew was completing a local training exercise at RAF Charterhall. For unknown reasons, the airplane crashed upon landing and was damaged beyond repair. A crew was injured.
Crew:
P/O R. C. McKnight, pilot,
P/O Leslie Rupert Parnell, observer.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim I in Greenburn: 2 killed

Date & Time: May 25, 1942

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Z6090

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