Date:	Wednesday 18 October 1939
Time:
Type:	Bristol Blenheim Mk I
Owner/operator:	55 Sqn RAF
Registration:	L8673
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Ismailia, 4 km WNW of Ismailia -   Egypt
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Ismalia, Egypt
Destination airport:	RAF Ismailia, Egypt
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Blenheim L8673: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 18/10/1939 when overshot in an attempted landing at Ismailia, Egypt. Aircraft abandoned and not repaired. According to the official Air Ministry File on the accident (File AIR 811/1599): Blenheim L8673, 55 Squadron; aircraft accident, 18/10/1939
Blenheim L8673 Took of Ismailia/Moascar for night-flying training, The hydraulics failed with the undercarriage half retracted, and as the pilot was inexperienced on the type, the crew were ordered to abandon the aircaft, which crashed in the desert north of Ismailia
Crew:
P/O (40938) Ralph Holden NICOLSON (Pilot) RAF bailed out /injured".
LAC (527004) Charles Herbert BARTRAM (Obs) RAF bailed out /Ok
AC.1 (532904) James BROWN (WOp/AG) RAF bailed out /Ok
AC.1 (538034) Philip Douglas CHERRY (WOp/AG) RAF bailed out /Ok

1.Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-L9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain )
2.National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/1599: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/C16359630
3.Blenheim production list
4.ORB 55 Sqdn RAF

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
24-Jun-2019 20:13	Dr. John Smith	Added
25-Jun-2019 05:48	stehlik49	Updated [Operator, ]
20-Aug-2024 21:40	Nepa	Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator, ]
20-Aug-2024 22:04	Nepa	Updated [Nature, Source, Narrative, Operator, ]
20-Aug-2024 22:05	Nepa	Updated [Time, Total occupants, Operator, ]