ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 14674
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| Date: | Wednesday 26 October 1938 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 34 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L1252 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lune Moor, Staple Moss, Mickle Fell, North Yorkshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire |
| RAF Kingstown, Carlisle, Cumberland | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
On 26th October 1938 the crew of Blenheim L1252 and at least one other from the same unit were undertaking a practice bombing raid and using Carlisle as their target. Both aircraft set out from RAF Upper Heyford in the south of England and headed north and landed at Driffield airfield, this was probably so they could refuel. They took off again and headed north-west and while over the Pennines they encountered poor weather and the two aircraft became separated.
It was thought that crew of this aircraft had opted to turn back and head for Catterick or had lost control in the cloud after turning to instrument flying. Over high ground and in bad visibility the aircraft iced up and lost height. Being over high ground losing height, put the aircraft in danger and it crashed soon afterwards with the three on board were sadly killed. Aircraft crashed on Lune Moor, Staple Moss, around the head of Hargill Beck to the South East of Mickle Fell, 6 miles West of Middleton-in-Teesdale, in the North Pennines, on the borders of North Yorkshire and County Durham
The crew of this aircraft were the squadron's first casualties since converting to Blenheims from Hinds.
Crew:
P/O John Owen SOWERBUTTS (pilot) RAF - killed.
AC1 William ASHBRIDGE (AG) RAF - killed.
AC2 Horace REDFERN (Wop/AG) RAF - killed.
Sources:
1. http://www.peakdistrictaircrashes.co.uk/crash_sites/pennines/bristol-blenheim-l1252-hargill-beck/
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939.htm
3. http://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/planes/dales/l1252.html
4. https://www.militaryimages.net/media/sowerbutts-john-owen.84943/
5. Flight magazine (Novmeber 10, 1938 page 430) at https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1938/1938%20-%203172.PDF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Feb-2008 01:28 | JINX | Added |
| 26-Feb-2008 01:31 | JINX | Updated |
| 24-Aug-2013 14:51 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Aug-2013 15:01 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport] |
| 15-Dec-2014 14:22 | Jixon | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 28-Feb-2018 16:26 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Mar-2018 00:14 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Oct-2018 06:36 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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