Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Gross Berssen: 3 killed
Date & Time:
Oct 30, 1939 at 1245 LT
Operator:
Registration:
N6234
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Wyton - Wyton
MSN:
9331
YOM:
1939
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The twin engine airplane departed RAF Wyton on a reconnaissance mission over Germany. En route, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Gross Berssen. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O William George McCracken, pilot,
Sgt Stanley Robert Mitchell, observer,
AC1 Robert Boaler Smith, wireless operator and air gunner.
Crew:
P/O William George McCracken, pilot,
Sgt Stanley Robert Mitchell, observer,
AC1 Robert Boaler Smith, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.
