Date:	Wednesday 22 March 1939
Time:
Type:	Bristol Blenheim Mk I
Owner/operator:	62 Sqn RAF
Registration:	L1262
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Cranford, near Kettering, Northamptonshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Cranfield, Bedfordshire
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Blenheim L1262:Took off for operational range test flight 22/03/1939:
Believed pilot lost control during a hail storm and crashed between Underwood and Cranford, near Kettering, Northamptonshire, killing all three occupants
Crew:
P/O David SHINE (pilot) RAF killed
Sgt John Randolph WILES (obs) RAF killed
AC/2 Frederick George LEWIS (W/T oper.) RAF killed

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
2. http://aircrewremembered.com/blenheim-test.html
3. http://www.santafe.gov.ar/hemerotecadigital/diario/18444/?page=2
4. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939.htm
5. http://www.mackz.net/cm_cranfield%20burials.htm
6. Devotion to a Calling: Far-East Flying and Survival with 62 Squadron RAF By Harley Boxall, Joe Bamford pages 37-38
7. http://stmhs.proboards.com/post/686

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
27-Sep-2015 13:34	Brown142	Added
11-Feb-2016 17:59	MrBean1941	Updated [Source, Narrative]
29-Aug-2016 13:41	TB	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative]
26-Jan-2018 02:11	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
12-Feb-2018 09:28	XindelXL	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative]
25-Mar-2018 21:10	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Location, Source, Narrative]
06-Oct-2018 06:42	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator]
01-Nov-2023 09:53	Nepa	Updated [[Operator, Operator]]