Incident Bristol Blenheim Mk IV L9171,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 161896
 
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Date:Monday 15 July 1940
Time:06:25
Type:Silhouette image of generic BLEN model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Bristol Blenheim Mk IV
Owner/operator:17 OTU RAF
Registration: L9171
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Great Raveley, near RAF Upwood, Huntingdonshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Approach
Nature:Training
Departure airport:RAF Upwood, Cambridgeshire
Destination airport:RAF Upwood
Narrative:
Blenheim L9171: Took off for a Training solo flight.15/07/1940
Crashed-landed 06:25 hrs, prompted by engine failure, at Great Raveley
Crew:
F/O (37984) Walter Harry POWDRELL (pilot) RAF - OK

Sources:

1.http://www.rafupwood.co.uk/17otulosses.html

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
04-Nov-2013 19:51 Nepa Added
07-Dec-2013 07:07 JINX Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative]
29-Jan-2014 19:14 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport]

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