Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim I in Egersund: 2 killed
Date & Time:
May 26, 1942
Operator:
Registration:
Z6245
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Aberdeen - Aberdeen
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew departed Aberdeen-Dyce Airport on a maritime patrol flight. While flying along the Norwegian coast, the airplane was shot down by enemy fire and crashed near Egersund. Two crew members were killed and a third became PoW.
Crew:
S/L Philip Herbert Foster, pilot, †
F/Sgt John Murray Jamieson, wireless operator, †
P/O Alfred Neil Briggs, air gunner.
Crew:
S/L Philip Herbert Foster, pilot, †
F/Sgt John Murray Jamieson, wireless operator, †
P/O Alfred Neil Briggs, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.
