Unidentified Blenheim at Church Fenton airfield.
On 16th January 1941 this aircraft was one of three training aircraft belonging to 54 OTU that were attacked by enemy aircraft while a night flying
exercise was in progress, the enemy aircraft also dropped between 80 to 90 incendiaries around the airfield. Two aircraft have been identified but
this Blenheim has yet to be identified. The Luftwaffe pilot, Oblt Schulz of NJG/2, actually claimed the three aircraft to have been Blenheims and
that he destroyed all three but this was not a correct claim as two of the aircraft were Defiants and none were destroyed. Uffz Otto Kraher of
3/NJG also made a claim for destroying an aircraft on the same night over an unknown location.
It could well be that the pilot of this Blenheim made a hurried landing on the airfield and infact the aircraft sustained very little or no damage.
Pilot - Name unknown.