Date:	Thursday 19 October 1939
Time:	19:50
Type:	Bristol Blenheim Mk I
Owner/operator:	108 Sqn RAF
Registration:	L1213
MSN:	LD-S
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Bicester, Oxfordshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Initial climb
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Bicester, Oxfordshire
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Blenheim L1213/S: Written off (destroyed) 19/10/39 when flew into the ground after night take-off from RAF Bicester, Oxfordshire.
Blenheim L1213: Takeoff at 19:45 hrs for a training flying / night circuits and landings practice. 19/10/1939
Crashed three minutes after take-off for a night solo flight at 19:50 hrs from a height of approximately 500 ft. Cause unknown. Aircraft a write-off.
Crew:
Sgt (741579) Dennis Charles LAMB (pilot) RAFVR: killed

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-L9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1978
2, National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/1593: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16359624
3. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939a.htm
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2651752/lamb,-dennis-charles/
5. 108 Squadron ORB (Air Ministry From 540) 01/01/37-31/03/45: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2503490
6. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/109388105/dennis-charles-lamb
7. http://www.thepeerage.com/p56096.htm#i560954

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
19-Aug-2013 04:10	JINX	Added
24-Nov-2014 09:09	Gerrard	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative, ]
24-Apr-2018 16:31	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, ]
06-Oct-2018 15:22	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator, ]
24-Jun-2019 19:44	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, Narrative, ]
21-Jul-2024 11:05	Nepa	Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, Operator, ]