ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 206141
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| Date: | Saturday 18 July 1942 |
| Time: | 15:00 |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 18 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z7304 |
| MSN: | WV- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Poringland Radar Station, 4 miles SE of Norwich, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wattisham |
| Air Test |
Whilst carrying out an air test the aircraft hit a radar pylon at Poringland Radar Station approx 4 miles SE of Norwich. Mr Tagg was a civilian meteorologist was on board for air experience.
Crew:-
Pilot: 104490 Plt Off Phillip Henry Lowther - Bideford Public Cemetery Section B Grave 159 (NCO:922578 Commission Gazetted : Friday 19 September, 1941)/
Observer: 1259306 Sgt Kenneth Custance Ellis - Comberton (St Mary) Churchyard
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 1178840 Sgt George Bernard Crawford - Brookwood Military Cemetery 24.B.10
Station Meteorological Officer: Mr Kenneth Thomas Tagg - Earlham Road Cemetery Norwich Unmarked Grave.
On 18 July 1992 a commemmorative plaque, arranged by Derek Bates, was unveiled on the concrete base of the pylon, the service being attended by relatives of the dead. The GPS location for the pylon is 52.576054 / 1.330007, the site still being active with the RAF.
Sources:
Bomber Command Losses 1942
CWGC
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 4 July 1940 | L8866 | 18 Sqn RAF | 3 | Brielse Maas or near Oostvoorne, Zuid-Holland |  |
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| 2 August 1940 | L9422 | 18 Sqn RAF | 3 | near 'De Schouwse Boer', Haamstede, Zeeland | |
w/o |
| 7 May 1942 | V6382 | 18 Sqn RAF | 3 | North Sea 40 km W of Walcheren, Zeeland | |
w/o |
| 9 May 1942 | V6523 | 18 Sqn RAF | 1 | south of Orford Road, 3 miles NE of Woodbridge, Suffolk, England | |
w/o |
| 9 June 1942 | Z7283 | 18 Sqn RAF | 2 | Cottage at Hough-on-the-Hill 5 mi N of Grantham, Lincolnshire, England | |
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| 2 July 1942 | Z7372 | 18 Sqn RAF | 3 | Missing - lost without trace |  |
mis |
| 12 July 1942 | V6371 | 18 Sqn RAF | 0 | near RAF Wattisham, south of Stowmarket, Suffolk, England | |
unk |
| 14 July 1942 | V5503 | 18 Sqn RAF | 0 | Near Bredfield House Bredfield | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Feb-2018 21:34 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 13-Feb-2018 21:53 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 12-Mar-2018 23:13 | Red Dragon | Updated [Nature, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 07-Jun-2019 19:22 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 18-Jul-2023 06:46 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Narrative]] |
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