ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 14639
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| Date: | Saturday 12 November 1938 |
| Time: | 10:40 |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 139 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L1208 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Springfield Allotments, Rugeley, Staffordshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wyton, Huntingdonshire |
| RAF Aldergrove | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Bristol Blenheim Mk.I L1208, 139 (Jamaica) Squadron, RAF Wyton: Written off (destroyed) when control lost in cloud & stalled diving into ground near Rugeley, Staffordshire 12/11/1938:
Crew:
F/O Robert Duncan Tate (pilot) RAF killed, aged 23, from Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Cpl Headley George Kennett (Obs.) RAF killed. Aged 27,married, from St Ives, Huntingdonshire.
AC1 Robert Cyril Salter (WOp/AG) RAF killed; aged 18, from Ironbridge, Shropshire.
According to the official Air Ministry announcement in "Flight" magazine (November 24, 1938 page 479 - see link #7)
"FLYING ACCIDENTS
THE Air Ministry regrets to announce the following accidents: —
F/O Robert Duncan Tate (pilot), Cpl. Hedley George Kennett and A/C.1 Robert Cyril Salter lost their lives in an accident which occurred at Rugeley, Staffs, on November 12 to an aircraft of No. 139 (Bomber) Squadron."
Accidental death verdicts recorded at inquest held December 7th 1938.Sqn-Ldr Louis Walter Dickens, CO 139 Sqn, stated aircraft was one of seven heading to Aldergrove to participate in annual armaments training. Weather was bad and getting worse so over Rugeley, at 1,500-ft, order given for the formation to return to base. Cause of crash not known.
Sources:
1. Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939.htm
3. http://aircrewremembered.com/blenheim-test.html
4. http://www.aviationarchaeology.org.uk/marg/nwcrashes1938-1941.htm
5. http://www.ipernity.com/doc/294337/40701654
6. http://www.planetrace.co.uk/1930-1939_35.html
7. https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1938/1938%20-%203317.PDF
8. 139 Sqn Operational Record Book AIR 27/958/1.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2008 14:08 | JINX | Added |
| 06-Mar-2012 09:52 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 22-Jul-2013 20:24 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Location, Source] |
| 03-Aug-2013 16:04 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 03-Aug-2013 22:37 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 14-Aug-2013 17:34 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location] |
| 14-Aug-2013 20:38 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 10-Nov-2014 16:00 | INV | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location] |
| 02-Apr-2016 18:03 | J.Cryer | Updated [Operator] |
| 28-Feb-2018 17:01 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Mar-2018 17:32 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Mar-2018 17:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 26-Sep-2018 09:22 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 25-Feb-2024 14:59 | Paul Allonby | Updated [Time, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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