Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV near Charroux: 3 killed
Date & Time:
Jun 18, 1940
Operator:
Registration:
L9317
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Tangmere - Marseille
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The crew departed RAF Tangmere in the early morning on a transfer flight to the Middle East via Marseille. En route, the crew encountered poor weather conditions when the airplane crashed in an open field located in La Maillerie, two km south of Charroux. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Colin Wright Handley, pilot,
LAC James Gilbert Broadbent Thomas, observer,
Sgt Patrick Denis Humphrey McGovern, air gunner.
Crew:
P/O Colin Wright Handley, pilot,
LAC James Gilbert Broadbent Thomas, observer,
Sgt Patrick Denis Humphrey McGovern, air gunner.
