Date:	Thursday 22 September 1938
Time:	day
Type:	Bristol Blenheim Mk I
Owner/operator:	57 Sqn RAF
Registration:	L1136
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire
Destination airport:	RAF Upper Heyford

Narrative:
Blenheim L1136: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 22/09/1938 when undercarriage raised prematurely during take off run from RAF Upper Heyford and aircraft sank back, hitting the ground. Aircraft relegated to Ground Instructional Airframe 1233M in October 1938
On Thursday 22 September 1938 Blenheim L1136 flown by Pilot Officer William W Adam (Jamaica) took off from RAF Upper Heyford. It was recorded that the pilot almost immediately retracted the under carriage despite very gusty wind conditions and he was unable to prevent his aircraft sinking back onto the ground resulting in a crash.
Crew:
P/O (39838) William Ward ADAM (Jamaica Pilot) RAF Ok.
??? (Obs) and (WOp/AG) RAF Ok

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain)
2. ‘Operations Record Book’ of 57 Squadron, National Archives, London in file AIR27/538.
3. http://aircrewremembered.com/blenheim-test.html
4. http://57-630sqnassoc.org/57-1919/
5.Blenheim production list

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
25-Feb-2008 01:44	JINX	Added
15-Sep-2009 22:41	JINX	Updated
16-Aug-2013 02:41	JINX	Updated [Aircraft type, Source, ]
15-Dec-2014 10:50	Jixon	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, ]
15-Dec-2014 10:50	Jixon	Updated [Operator, Narrative, ]
16-Mar-2018 18:52	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, ]
16-Mar-2018 18:53	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, ]
16-Mar-2018 18:54	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, ]
06-Oct-2018 06:36	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator, ]
25-Aug-2024 11:53	Nepa	Updated [Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator, ]