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Date: | Saturday 16 November 1940 |
Time: | |
Type: | Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
Owner/operator: | A&AEE RAF |
Registration: | L4893 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Filton, 5.0 miles north of the city centre of Bristol, England. -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
Departure airport: | RAF Boscombe Down, Wiltshire |
Destination airport: | RAF Filton, Gloucestershire |
Narrative:Blenheim L4893: Took off for a Transit flight. 16/11/1940
Aircraft stalled on the approach to Filton at the end of a ferry flight from A&AEE.
Pilot was very experienced with 1,750hrs
Crew:
P/O (43129) George Edward STANSBURY (pilot) RAF - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk/memorial/entry.php?id=59
2.Blenheim production list
3.CWGC
Revision history:
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22-Aug-2013 07:04 |
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26-Sep-2018 10:30 |
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Updated [Operator, Operator] |
07-May-2023 20:39 |
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Updated [[Operator, Operator]] |