Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Ile-de-Sein: 3 killed
Date & Time:
Apr 18, 1941
Registration:
V6302
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Saint Eval - Saint Eval
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF St Eval on a maritime patrol flight. Approaching Ile-de-Sein, it was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter and crashed into the sea. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Stanley George Capel,
P/O Edward Walter Thomas,
Sgt Dudley Howard Trotman, observer.
Crew:
Sgt Stanley George Capel,
P/O Edward Walter Thomas,
Sgt Dudley Howard Trotman, observer.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.