Crash of a Douglas DB-7 Bostson III near Bourbourg
Date & Time:
Apr 27, 1942 at 1550 LT
Operator:
Registration:
Z2194
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Great Massingham - Great Massingham
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Great Massingham at 1422LT on an operation to Lille. Southwest of Dunkirk, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near Bourbourg. All three crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Kenneth Nicholas Carpenter, pilot,
F/Lt John Francis Williams, observer,
Sgt Gordon Samuel Gay Black, wireless operator and air gunner.
Crew:
Sgt Kenneth Nicholas Carpenter, pilot,
F/Lt John Francis Williams, observer,
Sgt Gordon Samuel Gay Black, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
