ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 158832
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| Date: | Tuesday 10 October 1939 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 108 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L1219 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Irish Sea, off Oxwich Point, Gower Peninsula, Wales -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bicester, Oxfordshire |
| RAF Bicester, Oxfordshire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Blenheim L1219: Took off for a Night Training flight /navigation exercise. 10/10/1939
Missing on a night navigation exercise, believed crashed into sea off the coast of Wales at night on 10/10/39, off Oxwich Point, Gower Peninsula (at Map Reference SB93SW Grid Reference SB9487834484).
Crew:
Sgt (580939) Frederick George BRYANT (pilot) RAF - killed
Sgt (740112) Phillip Geoffrey Vezey HEMSLEY (obs.) RAFVR - killed
AC.2 (625176) James SHEARER (Air Gunner) RAF - killed
Blenheim L1219 was on the returning leg of a cross-country training flight from its base in RAF Bicester. It was seen to fly extremely low over the village of Port Eynon before diving into sea off Oxwich Point.
Sources:
1. Halley, J J, Air Britain, 1993, Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000 to N9999, page 9
2. National Airchives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/1576: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16359492
3. http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/515589/details/bristol-blenheim-i-l1219
4. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939a.htm
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1530722/bryant,-frederick-george/
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1799898/hemsley,-phillip-geoffrey-vezey/
7. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1806999/shearer,-james/
8. http://www.ggat.org.uk/timeline/pdf/Military%20Aircraft%20Crash%20Sites%20in%20Southeast%20Wales.pdf
9. http://www.brightoncollegeremembers.com/roll-of-honour/philip-geoffrey-vezey-hemsley
10. https://www.ancientfaces.com/person/phillip-geoffrey-vezey-hemsley/164198618
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Aug-2013 03:38 | JINX | Added |
| 16-Oct-2013 03:53 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Oct-2013 20:08 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 02-Nov-2013 10:57 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature, Narrative] |
| 25-Nov-2013 21:10 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 18-Dec-2013 18:15 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 24-Nov-2014 09:13 | Gloug | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 24-Nov-2014 09:15 | R.Depa | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Narrative] |
| 23-Apr-2018 16:57 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Oct-2018 15:19 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 24-Jun-2019 19:20 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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