Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Tripoli: 3 killed
Date & Time:
Sep 17, 1941
Registration:
P4840
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Luqa - Luqa
MSN:
9355
YOM:
1940
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Luqa on an anti-shipping operation in the Mediterranean Sea. It was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea off Tripoli. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Peter Edmund Covell Robinson, pilot,
Sgt Bernard Frank Brooks, observer,
Sgt Frank Burrell, wireless operator.
Crew:
P/O Peter Edmund Covell Robinson, pilot,
Sgt Bernard Frank Brooks, observer,
Sgt Frank Burrell, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.