Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Elgin: 3 killed
Date & Time:
Sep 4, 1940 at 2210 LT
Operator:
Registration:
R3882
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Elgin - Elgin
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a local training sortie at Elgin Airport. While on a night approach, the airplane crashed into Bog O'Mayne near the airfield. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O George Royal Holyoke, pilot,
Sgt Douglas Gerald Palmer, observer,
Sgt Michael Montague Gallewski, wireless operator and air gunner.
Crew:
P/O George Royal Holyoke, pilot,
Sgt Douglas Gerald Palmer, observer,
Sgt Michael Montague Gallewski, wireless operator and air gunner.
