Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim I in Longyester: 2 killed
Date & Time:
Apr 8, 1942
Operator:
Registration:
Z5871
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
East Fortune - East Fortune
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew departed RAF East Fortune on a local training flight. After takeoff, the airplane entered a dive and crashed in a field located in Longyester, some 13 km south of RAF East Fortune. Both pilots were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Robert Wright Hunter, pilot,
Sgt Stuart Bruce Moffitt, pilot.
Crew:
Sgt Robert Wright Hunter, pilot,
Sgt Stuart Bruce Moffitt, pilot.
