Date:	Monday 20 March 1939
Time:
Type:	Bristol Blenheim Mk IF
Owner/operator:	23 Sqn RAF
Registration:	L1459
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Fenny Compton, near Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Wittering, Northamptonshire
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Blenheim L1459: Destroyed when spun into the ground from cloud at Fenny Compton, nr Leamington Spa, Warwickshire. 20/03/1939
Crew:
P/O Joseph Benjamin RAVEN (pilot) RAF - baled out /killed
P/O Anthony Stewart PETER (obs.) RAF - baled out /killed

Both baled out, but died when their parachutes failed to open.

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
2. http://www.santafe.gov.ar/hemerotecadigital/diario/3914/
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenny_Compton
4. http://aircrewremembered.com/blenheim-test.html
5. Londonderry Sentinel, Londonderry, Northern Ireland Tuesday 21 March 1939 page 5

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
07-Feb-2015 20:25	Quentin	Added
08-Feb-2015 12:35	yarbi	Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Narrative, ]
11-Feb-2016 14:22	MrBean1941	Updated [Source, Narrative, ]
29-Aug-2016 11:44	TB	Updated [Source, ]
25-Mar-2018 20:42	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]
26-Sep-2018 10:14	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator, ]