Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim I near Këlcyrë: 3 killed
Date & Time:
Jan 6, 1941
Operator:
Registration:
L8536
Survivors:
No
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
While engaged in an operation over Valona (Vlorë), at an altitude of 4,000 feet, the bomber was shot down by the pilot of a CR.42 and later crashed near Këlcyrë. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Luke Sylvester Delaney, pilot,
Sgt Vynor Pollard, observer,
Sgt Thomas Alexander McCord, wireless operator and air gunner.
Crew:
P/O Luke Sylvester Delaney, pilot,
Sgt Vynor Pollard, observer,
Sgt Thomas Alexander McCord, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
shot down by an Italian fighter.
