Scott, Ernest
Killed in Flying Accident 1942-02-20
Birth Date: 1918
Born:
William Martin Scott & Wilhelmina Pringle Scott, of Fenham
Home: Fenham, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: Unknown
Service
RAFVR
Unit
17 OTU- Operational Training Unit (RAF)
Base
RAF Upwood
Rank
Sergeant
Position
Sergeant
Service Numbers
992598
Fenham, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England
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Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)Blenheim IV Z5899
Operational 1942-February-20 to 1942-February-20
17 (OT) OTU (RAF) RAF Upwood
17 Operational Training Unit (Forged To Fight) RAF Upwood. Blenheim IV aircraft Z5899 was flying on a low level navigation training exercise when the starboard aircraft wingtip hit a barrage balloon cable and it crashed at Bearwood, Staffordshire, England, killing the entire crew
Flight Sergeant WT Kyle (RCAF), Sergeant LS De Lisser (RAFVR) and Sergeant E Scott (RAFVR) were all killed in this flying accident
{Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database Blenheim Z5899
Bristol Blenheim
Bristol 142M Blenheim Mk.V, RAF (Serial No. DJ702).
The Bristol Blenheim is a British light bomber aircraft designed and built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company (Bristol) which was used extensively in the first two years and in some cases throughout the Second World War. The aircraft was developed as Type 142, a civil airliner, in response to a challenge from Lord Rothermere to produce the fastest commercial aircraft in Europe. The Type 142 first flew in April 1935, and the Air Ministry, impressed by its performance, ordered a modified design as the Type 142M for the Royal Air Force (RAF) as a bomber. Deliveries of the newly named Blenheim to RAF squadrons commenced on 10 March 1937. Wikipedia
Bristol Blenheim Bomber
Bristol Blenheim Blenheim Z5899 IV - Operational - 1942-02-20 to 1942-02-20
6 Group Unavailable
17 Operational Training Unit (Forged To Fight) RAF Upwood. Blenheim IV aircraft Z5899 was flying on a low level navigation training exercise when the starboard aircraft wingtip hit a barrage balloon cable and it crashed at Bearwood, Staffordshire, England, killing the entire crew
Flight Sergeant WT Kyle (RCAF), Sergeant LS De Lisser (RAFVR) and Sergeant E Scott (RAFVR) were all killed in this flying accident