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Date: | Wednesday 5 March 1941 |
Time: | |
Type: | Bristol Blenheim Mk IF |
Owner/operator: | 25 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | L6602 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Cottesmore, Rutland, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Wittering, Northamptonshire |
Destination airport: | RAF Digby, Lincolnshire |
Narrative:Blenheim L6602: Took off for Training flight. 05/03/1941
Collided with a tree during a low level daylight flight in intermittent fog conditions and crashed into the ground near Cottesmore, Rutland.
Crew:
P/O (60525) Thomas Fairgrieve DORWARD (pilot) RAFVR -killed
F/O (84162) John Austin STRONG (Signals Officer) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.Blenheim production list
2. ORB 25 Sqdn RAF
3.CWGC
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
05-Mar-2015 08:02 |
Z. Zeeland |
Added |
26-Sep-2018 10:04 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
04-May-2021 16:44 |
Faun |
Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
12-Oct-2022 09:28 |
Nepa |
Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |