Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Lanaken: 3 killed
Date & Time:
May 12, 1940
Operator:
Registration:
N6215
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Plivot - Plivot
MSN:
9314
YOM:
1939
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Plivot on a bombing mission over Maastricht. Approaching the target, it was shot down by the pilot of a Me.109 and crashed in Lanaken. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Andrew McPherson, pilot,
Sgt Francis Wynell Gregory, observer,
LAC Hubert Frank Over, wireless operator and air gunner.
Crew:
F/O Andrew McPherson, pilot,
Sgt Francis Wynell Gregory, observer,
LAC Hubert Frank Over, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
