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Crash of a Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Gent

Date & Time: Jun 5, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
N1522
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Driffield - Driffield
MSN:
1650
YOM:
1939
Location:
Gent
East Flanders
Country:
Belgium
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Driffield at 2103LT on June 4 on a bombing mission over Gelsenkirchen. While cruising at night over Gent, Belgium, an engine caught fire. The crew bailed out and abandoned the aircraft that crashed on the ground. All five occupants survived and became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Alan C. Meigh,
Sgt W. G. Best,
Sgt M. A. Oliver,
LAC V. G. Allen,
AC1 D. V. Browne.
Probable cause:
Engine fire in flight.

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

Date & Time: May 14, 1940 at 0810 LT
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
L9180
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Poix-Croixrault - Poix-Croixrault
Location:
Termonde
East Flanders
Country:
Belgium
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Poix-Croixrault on a reconnaissance mission. It crashed in unknown circumstances in Termonde. A crewman was killed and two others survived.
Crew:
P/O W. G. Spencer, pilot,
Sgt R. Pike, observer,
AC2 Owen Ralph Beaumont, wireless operator and air gunner.
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