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| Date: | Thursday 18 January 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | Suomen ilmavoimat (Finnish Air Force) |
| Registration: | BL-127 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea, between Perth, Scotland, and Stavanger, Norway -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Perth/Scone Airfield, Perthshire |
| Stavanger, Norway |
In January 1940 Finland bought 12 Bristol Blenheim IVs from Great Britain. They received the Finnish codes BL-122 to BL-133. They were flown by Finnish crew from Perth, Scotland, to Stavanger, Norway, where they were refuelled before flying on to Finland via Sweden.
On 18 January 1940 Blenheim IV BL-127 went missing in the North Sea during the flight from Perth to Stavanger. It was never found, and its two crew, lentomestari Rudolf Gottschalk (pilot) and kersantti Pekka Kallakari (radio), were both lost. Gottschalk was a trained pilot, but his flying experience was exclusively civilian. At 40, he was the oldest Finnish pilot who died in the war.
Sources:
https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luettelo_Suomen_ilmavoimien_lento-onnettomuuksista
http://www.airwar.ru/history/locwar/finland/fin_losses/f_losses.html
https://www.flightforum.fi/
http://www.geocities.ws/finnmilpge/fmp_faf_bombers.html
http://kronos.narc.fi/menehtyneet/index.php
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Jan-2017 09:00 | Laurent Rizzotti | Added |
| 10-May-2019 01:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Jul-2024 17:07 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator, ] |
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