Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Diepenbeek: 3 killed
Date & Time:
May 12, 1940 at 0902 LT
Operator:
Registration:
P6912
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Alconbury - Alconbury
MSN:
9437
YOM:
1939
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The aircraft departed RAF Alconbury to bomb bridges over the Albert Canal. It crashed in unknown circumstances in Diepenbeek, east of Hasselt. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Claude R. Frankish, pilot,
Sgt Edwin G. Roberts, observer,
LAC Ernest W. L. Cooper, wireless operator and air gunner.
Crew:
P/O Claude R. Frankish, pilot,
Sgt Edwin G. Roberts, observer,
LAC Ernest W. L. Cooper, wireless operator and air gunner.
