Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV on Bressay Island
Date & Time:
Nov 1, 1941 at 1505 LT
Operator:
Registration:
Z6339
Survivors:
Yes
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
In unclear circumstances, the airplane collided with a second RAF Blenheim registered T1946. From a height of about 300 feet, both airplanes dove into the ground and crashed on Bressay Island. All three crew members on board T1946 were killed while both crewmen on board Z6339 were injured.
Crew:
P/O Inglis,
Cpl H. E. Holmes.
Crew:
P/O Inglis,
Cpl H. E. Holmes.
