Accident Bristol Blenheim Mk I K7146,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 68486
 
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Date:Friday 22 April 1938
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic BLEN model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Bristol Blenheim Mk I
Owner/operator:110 (Hyderabad) Sqn RAF
Registration: K7146
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Empson Farm, Postland, near Crowland, Lincolnshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Blenheim I K7146: written off (destroyed) 22/04/1938 when dived into the ground at Empson Farm, Postland, near Crowland, Lincolnshire. All three crew killed:
Crew:
P/O Harry David GREEN (pilot) RAF : killed
Cpl Charles James Badger (obs.) RAF : killed
AC2 Frank Howard (WOp/AG) RAF : killed

Sources:

1. Air-Britain The K File The RAF of the 1930s
2. Folha da Noite 22 April 1938
3. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939.htm
4. http://www.bcar.org.uk/1930s-incident-logs#1938

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
05-Oct-2009 10:10 JINX Added
27-Jan-2012 11:33 Nepa Updated [Operator, Source]
14-Jul-2013 18:20 JINX Updated [Operator, Source]
03-Aug-2013 16:09 Nepa Updated [Operator]
06-Aug-2013 18:54 JINX Updated [Operator]
07-Feb-2014 17:52 Nepa Updated [Operator, Departure airport]
29-Apr-2014 06:58 Nepa Updated [Operator]
29-Sep-2014 02:49 JINX Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
15-Dec-2014 10:04 Repac Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative]
03-Jun-2015 17:03 Ing Edcker Updated [Operator]
29-Jul-2015 18:14 TB Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative]
26-Feb-2018 23:53 Dr. John Smith Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative]
26-Sep-2018 07:51 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
26-Sep-2018 09:13 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]

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