Date:	Saturday 18 November 1939
Time:	day
Type:	Bristol Blenheim Mk I
Owner/operator:	8 Sqn RAF
Registration:	L6647
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Other fatalities:	1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	near Wadi Sanam, 15 miles NW of Mashyakhat al-Irqa, Aden -   Yemen
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Khormaksar, Aden
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Blenheim L6647: Crash landed near Wadi Sanam, 15 miles NW of Mashyakhat al-Irqa, Aden (now Yemen), due to engine failure; crew survived crash, but killed by Bedouin Tribesmen
Crew:
P/O (40538) Mervyn Osmond HOWELL (pilot) RAF killed.
P/O (39826) Richard John MELVILLE-TOWNSEND (obs.) RAF killed.
AC1 (541094) Alan Usherwood SMITH (WOp/AG) RAF killed.

1. James J Halley, Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-L9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain 1978 p 45)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/50: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/C14142167
3. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?14818-Howell-Mervyn-Osmond-P-O-40538-Died-18-11-39-8-Sqd-Maala-Cemetery
4. https://www.cwgc.org.
5. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23494862/richard-john-melville_townsend

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
23-May-2008 13:12	JINX	Added
23-Jan-2012 04:31	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, ]
05-Jul-2013 09:37	JINX	Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative, ]
15-Dec-2014 14:56	Jixon	Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative, ]
06-Oct-2018 15:25	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator, ]
04-Jun-2019 01:22	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]
04-Jun-2019 04:18	stehlik49	Updated [Operator, ]
26-Jun-2019 22:04	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, ]
01-Jul-2019 21:36	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, ]
18-Jul-2024 16:37	Nepa	Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, Operator, ]
10-Sep-2024 21:20	Nepa	Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator, ]