ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 79567
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| Date: | Sunday 6 April 1941 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 107 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | V6023 |
| MSN: | OM-K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | the sea off Pittenweem, Fife, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Great Massingham, Norfolk |
| Confidence Rating: |  Little or no information is available |
Blenheim IV V6023/K: Took off at 12:00 hrs for convoy escort duties in Firth of Forth area. 06/04/1941
Failed to return from mission. The plane crashet into sea.
While flying at 200 feet Blenheim V6023 did a turned steeply to starboard and crashed into the sea off Pittenweem, Fife.
Crew:
W/Cdr (32072) Waverley Edward CAMERON (pilot) RAF - killed
F/Sgt (511016) John Henry SPATCHETT (obs) RAF - killed
Sgt (550180) William John HOWLETT (WOp/AG) RAF - killed
Sources:
x.http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/index.php
1.Blenheim production list
2.ORB 107 Sqdn RAF
3.AIR81/5711
4.CWGC
5.Henk Welting's Database
5.ORB RAF Great Massingham,
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 April 1940 | L8750 | 107 Sqn RAF | 3 | Missing - North Sea |  |
w/o |
| 12 May 1940 | L8748 | 107 Sqn RAF | 0 | near Breendonk, Antwerp. |  |
w/o |
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