Bristol Blenheim Mk.IV Z5746

Bristol Blenheim Mk.IV Z5746 of No.2 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF crashed near to Ringinglow on the 26th January 1941.

Crew / Passengers	Rank - If Applicable	Position e.g. Pilot	Status
Jack Robson	Sergeant	Pilot	Killed
Ifor King Parry-Jones	Pilot Officer	Observer	Killed
Eric Brown	Sergeant	Wireless Operator / Air Gunner	Killed

The crew were on a night cross country navigation flight from Catfoss in Yorkshire when the aircraft flew into Burbage Moor near Ringinglow. The aircraft was recorded as having strayed from the planned course.

No wreckage has been found and a number of locations suggested for the crash, RAF records and the death certificate for P/O Parry-Jones only give the location as Burbage Moor.

The crew were buried at various locations in the UK, this is Sgt Brown's final resting place in Dumfries (St Michael's) Cemtery.

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