Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Norbury: 4 killed
Date & Time:
Aug 4, 1940 at 1705 LT
Operator:
Registration:
R3771
Survivors:
No
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane was engaged in a fighter affiliation training mission with a Hurricane from the 1st Squadron when it crashed in unknown circumstances in Norbury. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Michael Hohnen, pilot,
F/O Ian Welsh Sutherland,
Sgt Harold Norman Beard, observer,
Sgt William Watson, wireless operator.
Crew:
P/O Michael Hohnen, pilot,
F/O Ian Welsh Sutherland,
Sgt Harold Norman Beard, observer,
Sgt William Watson, wireless operator.
