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Date: | Thursday 4 January 1940 |
Time: | |
Type: | Bristol Blenheim Mk IF |
Owner/operator: | 23 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | L1457 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Helpston Heath, Caston, near Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Calibration/Inspection |
Departure airport: | RAF Wittering, Cambridgeshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Blenheim I L1466: Took off for RDF Calibration flight over sea. 04/01/1940
Crashed at Helpston Heath, Caston, near Peterborough whilst returning.
Crew:
P/O (76454) Roy Graham Anthony BARRITT (Pilot) RAF - died of injuries
AC2 (624397) Alfred Andrew WILSON (WOp/AG) RAF - killed
Cpl (566297) Ronald WILSON (Fitter II/A) RAF - died of injuries
Sources:
1.Blenheim production list.
2.ORB 23 Sqdn RAF
3.AIR81/1770
4.CWGC
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