Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV near Chatteris: 3 killed
Date & Time:
Jul 12, 1941 at 1545 LT
Operator:
Registration:
Z6360
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Wyton - Upwood
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Wyton on a training flight to RAF Upwood. En route, the crew lost control of the airplane that entered a dive and crashed near Chatteris. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Ronald James Smith, pilot,
P/O Ronald Owen Boon, observer,
Sgt James Tinker, wireless operator.
Crew:
Sgt Ronald James Smith, pilot,
P/O Ronald Owen Boon, observer,
Sgt James Tinker, wireless operator.
