Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in East Leake: 3 killed
Date & Time:
Nov 2, 1941 at 1715 LT
Operator:
Registration:
Z5947
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Upwood - Upwood
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a training sortie when the airplane went out of control and crashed in East Leake. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Charles William Bush, pilot,
P/O Arthur Thomas Sims, observer,
Sgt Edward John Bush, wireless operator.
Crew:
P/O Charles William Bush, pilot,
P/O Arthur Thomas Sims, observer,
Sgt Edward John Bush, wireless operator.
