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Date: | Friday 5 November 1943 |
Time: | |
Type: | Bristol Blenheim Mk V |
Owner/operator: | 211 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | AZ887 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 37 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | one mile west of RAF Poona (now Pune), Maharashtra -
India
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Poona (PNQ) |
Destination airport: | RAF Poona (PNQ) |
Narrative:Blenheim AZ887: Took off from the Aircrew Transit Pool RAF Poona for training flight. 05/11/1943
Crashed while attempting emergency landing when flaps were jammed. F/Sgt Russ was flying Blenheim AZ887 on the crosswind leg of his approach to the airfield when he crashed one mile west of Poona with the flaps jammed, one up and the other down. He was alone in the aircraft, but 37 Indians in the camp village were also killed in the accident. On investigation, a 6in hand-file was found jammed in the flap actuating mechanism.
Crew:
F/Sgt (656508) Philip James RUSS (Pilot) RAF - killed
Sources:
1.Indian Express Nov 09 1943, p.1
2.https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2190985/PHILIP%20JAMES%20RUSS/
3.http://www.211squadron.org/bristol_blenheim_iv.html
4.Blenheim production list
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
22-Dec-2020 11:07 |
Ajai Banerji |
Added |
22-Dec-2020 12:56 |
Koumes |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
08-Jul-2022 20:44 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Aircraft type] |