ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 68492
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| Date: | Thursday 6 May 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk IF |
| Owner/operator: | 12 (P)AFU RAF |
| Registration: | K7159 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Near Renton, Croxton Kerrial, Leicestershire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
This aircraft was destroyed during a night flying sortie when the pilot had only 1 hour on type at night and 9 hours on type in total. His inexperience led him to fail to line up on the flare path for a second circuit, he lost height as he was turning to go back to look for the circuit flare path and hit a tree.
The pilot Sergeant William Thomas Bryant RAFVR(1334686) was killed in this accident. He is buried at DITTON (ST. PETER) CHURCHYARD in N.E. Corner
Sources:
Air Britain The K File The RAF of the 1930s
http://www.bcar.org.uk/new1943-incident-logs#may
https://www.cwgc.org/find/find-war-dead/results?lastName=Bryant®iment=Royal%2BAir%2BForce%2BVolunteer%2BReserve&war=2&dateFrom=04-05-1943&dateTo=10-05-1943
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Oct-2009 10:44 | JINX | Added |
| 16-Dec-2014 14:22 | yari | Updated [Operator] |
| 29-May-2020 19:51 | hewman100 | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
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