Blenheim Mk.IV V6078 of No.42 Operational Training Unit, crashed at Spitewinter near Matlock on the 7th April 1943.
John Barry Welton | Pilot Officer | Pilot | Killed |
Leslie Harold Redford | Sergeant | Navigator / Bomb Aimer | Killed |
Eric Desmond Murphy | Sergeant | Wireless Operator | Killed |
The crew was on a night navigation exercise from Ashbourne, having completed most of the exercise they were heading in a southerly direction at low level when the aircraft struck the tops of a stand of trees. This caused catastrophic damage to the aircraft which crashed in a field near by killing the three crew.