ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 158209
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Date: | Tuesday 10 January 1939 |
Time: | |
Type: | Bristol Blenheim Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 62 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | L1114 |
MSN: | JO-D |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Gransmoore, 6 miles SW of Bridlington, East Yorkshire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Cranfield, Bedfordshire |
Destination airport: | Command OPEX |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Blenheim L1114/D: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 10/01/1939. Took off from RAF Cranfield for a Command OPEX which ended with a forced landing at Gransmoore, 6 miles South West of Bridlington, East Yorkshire (at approximate co ordinates 54.018870°N, 0.284732°W). Aircraft wrecked when overturned in force landing, and caught fire.
Crew:
P/O Alan Sidney Lewis OWENSMITH (Pilot) Safe
Sources:
1. Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999
2. Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War Volume One by W.R. Chorley
3.
http://aircrewremembered.com/blenheim-test.html 4.
http://www.planetrace.co.uk/1930-1939_35.html 5. ORB 62 Sqdn RAF at
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8452693 6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gransmoor Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
12-Aug-2013 20:57 |
JINX |
Added |
15-Dec-2014 14:29 |
Jixon |
Updated [Operator] |
26-Dec-2015 08:37 |
JINX |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
17-Jan-2016 11:16 |
JIXN |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
06-Oct-2016 15:54 |
sunnyhill_50@hotmail |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
26-Jul-2017 12:18 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport] |
22-Mar-2018 19:14 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Cn, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
06-Oct-2018 06:39 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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