Overview
Bristol Blenheim: North Sea is the exact Historic Environment Scotland record for a named whole aircraft loss in Shetland Islands. Its supporting saved type is Aircraft (20th Century). The official record gives its period wording as 20th Century. It also preserves the saved grid reference HU 469 402 and location quality recorded as official source area. The saved facts do not establish a crew, cause, casualties or wider impact.
What this place is
The official record identifies Bristol Blenheim: North Sea with the exact type wording Aircraft (20th Century). The official record gives its period wording as 20th Century. It also preserves the saved grid reference HU 469 402 and location quality recorded as official source area.
People and events
The saved record does not securely name crew, passengers, ground staff or casualties at Bristol Blenheim: North Sea. It also does not establish a cause, so none is added here.
How it was used
The exact type identifies this as a aircraft loss. Beyond that classification, the saved row does not safely establish a flight, unit, route, role or detailed daily use.
What survives
The source preserves a distinct mapped place for Bristol Blenheim: North Sea. It does not say what aircraft material, buildings, surfaces or other remains can now be seen.
Why it mattered
Bristol Blenheim: North Sea matters because it fixes a named aircraft loss in Shetland Islands. Alongside other exact records it helps show the local pattern of flying and aircraft loss, without claiming an unsupported human or national impact.
History checked 16 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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