Incident Bristol Blenheim Mk I L1214,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 158610
 
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Date:Sunday 7 January 1940
Time:night
Type:Silhouette image of generic BLEN model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Bristol Blenheim Mk I
Owner/operator:108 Sqn RAF
Registration: L1214
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF Bicester, Oxfordshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Bicester, Oxfordshire
Destination airport:RAF Bicester
Narrative:
Blenheim L1214: Took off for Training flight. 07/01/1940:
Engine failed on overshoot, and aircraft wrecked in crash landing, RAF Bicester, Oxfordshire.
Crew:
P/O (41943) Harold Frederick MITCHINSON (pilot) RAF: uninjured
Sgt (581168) Hartley Lambert BROUGHTON (Obs.) RAF: seriously injured


Sources:

1.Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999
2.National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR81/1773
3.http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?23493-AIR81-File-Listings/page2
4.AIR 27/851 No.108 Squadron Appendices
5.ORB 108 Sqdn RAF

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
19-Aug-2013 04:11 JINX Added
24-Nov-2014 09:17 Apen Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative]
26-Dec-2015 08:37 JINX Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative]
07-Jan-2016 22:12 JIXN Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
06-Oct-2018 06:47 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
25-Apr-2019 22:16 Dr. John Smith Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]

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