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| Date: | Wednesday 10 March 1937 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 114 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K7036 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Wyton, Huntingdonshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Filton, Gloucestershire |
| RAF Wyton |
First Blenheim to be delivered to the RAF on 10/3/37. Written off (damaged beyond repair) when overshot landing, brakes locked & aircraft overturned at RAF Wyton, Huntingdonshire same day, possibly at the end of the aircraft's delivery flight from the Bristol Aeroplane Co at Filton, Bristol, Gloucestershire. As one published source puts it (see link #4).
"The first aircraft to be delivered (K7036) proceeded no further than the end of the runway at Wyton, home base of No.114 Squadron. A combination of a grass runway, an inexperienced pilot, and locked brakes caused the aircraft to flip over onto its back totally destroying the bomber".
The pilot involved in this accident was P/O Douglas PERRY, who was unhurt on this occasion (but was killed in the crash of Blenheim K7037 on 10/5/38)
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1976, page 57)
2. http://www.211squadron.org/bristol_blenheim_i.html
3. http://www.pilotfriend.com/photo_albums/timeline/ww2/Bristol%20Blenheim.htm
4. https://gpreview.kingborn.net/362000/c381ac55fe7949dc97679d1b61815187.pdf
5. http://aircrewremembered.com/blenheim-test.html
6. http://www.century-of-flight.net/Aviation%20history/WW2/blenheim.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Sep-2008 19:13 | JINX | Added |
| 07-Jun-2013 14:24 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Location, Destination airport, ] |
| 05-Jul-2013 09:30 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Location, ] |
| 03-Aug-2013 15:46 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, ] |
| 03-Aug-2013 22:30 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, ] |
| 01-Oct-2013 18:04 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, ] |
| 11-Aug-2014 17:10 | Earl | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 05-Mar-2018 10:56 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Apr-2018 18:08 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total occupants, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Sep-2018 09:28 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator, ] |
| 14-Mar-2022 06:54 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 05-Jul-2022 10:03 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
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