Date:	Wednesday 22 November 1939
Time:
Type:	Bristol Blenheim Mk I
Owner/operator:	84 Sqn RAF
Registration:	L1380
MSN:	VA-S
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Shaibah, 20 km south-west of Basrah -   Iraq
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:	RAF Shaibah, Basra Province

Narrative:
After a radio formation practice the pilot raised the undercarriage in error after landing. Aircraft written off.

Crew:
F/Lt R.A. TOWGOOD
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1.Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999
2.CWGC
3.Bomber Command Losses In the Middle East and Mediterranean (Volume 1: 1939-1942) D Gunby & P Temple, page 14
4.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._84_Squadron_RAF
5.Henk Welting's database (rafcommands)

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
27-Feb-2008 12:19	JINX	Added
03-Jan-2012 02:01	Uli Elch	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, ]
23-Jan-2012 03:27	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, ]
23-Jul-2013 15:30	JINX	Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, ]
15-Dec-2014 15:06	Jixon	Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, ]
06-Oct-2018 15:25	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator, ]
11-Oct-2024 11:46	Nepa	Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator, ]
28-Aug-2025 16:56	MMR	Updated [Cn, Source, Narrative, ]