ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 209637
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| Date: | Sunday 10 September 1939 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 82 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P4853 |
| MSN: | UX-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Cleeve, North Somerset, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Netheravon, Wiltshire |
| RAF Netheravon | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Blenheim P4853/D': Substantially damaged 10/9/39 when crashed into a field just to the WNW of Cleeve village, after engine failure. The aircraft struck high-voltage cables during the enforced descent and cartwheeled on ground impact. Aircraft had taken off from RAF Netheravon, Wiltshire. Two of the crew of four were killed (succumbing to their injuries shortly after the accident); the remaining two survived with injuries:
Crew:
Sgt (516867) James PRATT alias James McLaughlin killed (pilot) RAF - died 11/9/39 of injuries sustained)
AC.1 (549796) George Henry BUTLER (Flt/Mech.) RAFVR - killed
AC.1 J. DORMAN (RAF) injured
AC.1 Ronald Patrick Arthur DOUGAN (RAF) injured
Aircraft presumably repaired, as Blenheim Mk.IV P4853 ("UX-D") was lost on combat operations on 17/5/40 on a mission to Gembloux, Belgium (see link #9)
Sources:
1. RAF Aircraft P1000-P9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1978 p 26)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/1509: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16359540
3. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939a.htm
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2734958/butler,-george-henry/
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2451662/mclaughlin,-james/
7. http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=1939-09-10
8. http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=P4853
9. https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=141358
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Apr-2018 00:40 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 26-Sep-2018 08:04 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 24-Jun-2019 17:48 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Oct-2019 17:12 | fergui01 | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Oct-2022 20:55 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Location, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator] |
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