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Blenheim Lands Without Benefit of Tires, er, Tyres

Venerable Bomber Suffers Minimal Damage

A Bristol Blenheim Bomber, thought to be the only flyable example extant, skidded to a stop on the Duxford, England runway at about 8:15 Monday evening.

Just why the Imperial War Museum's big green bomber (above) landed gear-up has not been made public.

The good news is that the two-man crew walked away from the landing. More good news: the machine is eminently repairable.

The RAF Bomber Command 60th Anniversary site notes, "The first RAF aircraft to fly over Germany during the Second World War was a Blenheim IV, serial number N6215, of No 139 Squadron, when, on 3 September 1939, Flying Officer A Macpherson carried out an armed reconnaissance over German warships in the Schillig Roads off Wilhelmshaven."

Too slow when loaded, lacking sufficient defensive armament, and carrying only 1000 pounds of bombs, the Blenheims were nearly all retired by late 1941.

FMI: www.iwm.org.uk/duxford/index.htm

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