Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV near Hemsby: 3 killed
Date & Time:
Dec 9, 1940 at 2130 LT
Operator:
Registration:
N3617
Survivors:
No
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The bomber was completing a training sortie when it was mistakenly shot down by friendly fire and crashed in Bridge Farm, near Hemsby. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O William Ross Watson, pilot,
Sgt Gordon Boulton, observer,
Sgt Derek Arthur Shildrick, wireless operator.
Crew:
F/O William Ross Watson, pilot,
Sgt Gordon Boulton, observer,
Sgt Derek Arthur Shildrick, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Mistakenly shot down by friendly fire.
