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Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IVF near Roxburgh: 2 killed

Date & Time: Feb 13, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
T1864
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Charterhall - Charterhall
Location:
Roxburgh
Roxburghshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Charterhall on a night navigational exercise. In unknown circumstances, it crashed in Greatridgehall, near Roxburgh. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Reginald Thomas Davies, pilot,
Sgt Kenneth Wilson Moore, wireless operator.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV near Peebles: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jul 30, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
Z7646
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Mountains
Schedule:
Lennoxlove - Dumfries
Location:
Peebles
Roxburghshire
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 was tasked to ferry the airplane from Lennoxlove to RAF Dumfried and departed Lennoxlove around noon. As the airplane failed to arrive at destination, SAR operations were initiated and the wreckage was found the next day in Moorfoot Hills near Peebles. The airplane was destroyed and the pilot was killed.
Crew:
P/O Elijah Henson, pilot.
Probable cause:
Controlled flight into terrain.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.60G Moth in Shankend

Date & Time: Apr 3, 1937
Type of aircraft:
De Havilland DH.60 Moth
Operator:
Arthur Edward Dobell
Registration:
G-AALK
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Private
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Brooklands – Perth
MSN:
1174
YOM:
1930
Location:
Shankend
Roxburghshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances near the Shankend Railway Station while on a flight from Brooklands to Perth. The pilot, sole on board, was injured.
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