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Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Fermanville: 3 killed

Date & Time: Aug 13, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
R3768
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Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Wyton - Wyton
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Region:
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 bombing mission over the Lannion Airport, France. It crashed in unknown circumstances in Fermanville, killing all three crew members.
Crew:
P/O Francis George Hurleston Dench, pilot,
Sgt Angus Nigel Gray, observer,
Sgt Edgar Enoch Scrase, air gunner.