Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IVF near Wellington: 2 killed
Date & Time:
May 18, 1941
Operator:
Registration:
L8675
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
High Ercall - High Ercall
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
While on approach to RAF High Ercall, the bomber crashed on the top of a hill located four miles north of Wellington. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Geoffrey Robert Butcher, pilot,
Sgt Irwin Harold Wiskar, radio operator.
Crew:
P/O Geoffrey Robert Butcher, pilot,
Sgt Irwin Harold Wiskar, radio operator.
