Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Ekeren: 3 killed
Date & Time:
Dec 10, 1940
Registration:
T2225
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Bodney - Bodney
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Bodney on an operation to Antwerp. While approaching the target area, it crashed in unknown circumstances in Ekeren, north of Antwerp. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O John Rankin Rathbone, pilot,
P/O Frederick William McMurray, observer,
Sgt Allan Maurice Birt, wireless operator.
Crew:
F/O John Rankin Rathbone, pilot,
P/O Frederick William McMurray, observer,
Sgt Allan Maurice Birt, wireless operator.