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Date: | Friday 8 January 1943 |
Time: | 16:30 |
Type: | Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
Owner/operator: | 17 OTU RAF |
Registration: | L4895 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Upwood, Huntingdonshire, England -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Upwood, Huntingdonshire |
Destination airport: | RAF Upwood |
Narrative:Blenheim L4895: Took off at 16:25 hrs only to crash in the circuit, five minutes later. 08/01/1943
F/S Moore reported that the starboard engine lost power as he climbed away. His aircraft had been on the strength of 17 OTU since 22 April 1940, and had amassed a very respectable 1,262 flying hours.
Crew:
F/Lt (40841) Robert Henry MOORE DFC (pilot) RAF - OK.
Sources:
Air Britain RAF Aircraft L1000 - N9999
Warner: The Bristol Blenheim
http://www.rafupwood.co.uk/17otulosses.html Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
25-Mar-2008 00:18 |
JINX |
Added |
26-Nov-2010 03:07 |
penguin832 |
Updated [Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
04-Nov-2013 19:18 |
Nepa |
Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |