Blackburn Botha crashes, 1940
Hello all,
My first post here is a somewhat esoteric one, I'm afraid. I'm looking into the first four crashes of the much-maligned Botha that happened between 5 March and 8 July 1940. These crashes are alleged to have pretty much killed the reputation of the aircraft before it entered service. Aircraft numbers were L6129, L6377, L6390 and L6205.
A J Jackson in his book "Blackburn Aircraft since 1909" states that "If the reason for these accidents was ever established, it was certainly never disclosed, with the result that many harsh things have been said of the Botha for more than a quarter of a century."
Does anybody have any details on these accidents? Who would have been the investigating authority? And if the results were undisclosed what might the reason have been?
Cheers, Vince