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| Date: | Friday 3 November 1939 |
| Time: | 14:50 |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 114 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N6144 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
| RAF Shawsbury, Shropshire |
Blenheim N6144: Takeoff for a flight with flying personnel to Shawbury. 03/11/1939
Sgt Brady was taking other flying personnel to RAF Shawbury to collect new Blenheims.
Blenheim N6144 collided with Blenheim K7061 (S/Ldr E.A. Springall of the Wyton Station Flight RAF ) who was taxying across the take-off run for a test flight at 14:50 hrs. The aircraft caught fire and was written off.
Crew:
Sgt (563043) Noel Stuart BRADY (pilot) RAF and five crew and passengers mostly unhurt, though one injured.
Sources:
1.Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1976 p 57)
2.National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/1625: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/C16359613
3.ORB 114 Sqdn RAF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Jul-2024 20:59 | Nepa | Added [Operator, ] |
| 10-Sep-2024 20:56 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source, Operator, ] |
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