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Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Caugé: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jun 13, 1940 at 1545 LT
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Registration:
R3616
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Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Wattisham - Wattisham
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Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
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Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Wattisham to destroy bridges over the Seine near Vernon. It crashed in unknown circumstances in Caugé, killing all three crew members.
Crew:
P/O Arthur Frank Stidston, pilot,
Sgt Francis Charles Higgins, observer,
Sgt John Raymond Browning, wireless operator and air gunner.