Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Montaigu: 2 killed
Date & Time:
May 11, 1940 at 1730 LT
Operator:
Registration:
L9175
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Wattisham - Wattisham
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Wattisham to attack bridges on the Albert Canal near Maastricht. En route, the airplane was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter and crashed in Montaigu. Two crew members were killed and a third became PoW.
Crew:
F/O Gordon Reginald Grattan, pilot, †
Sgt T. Patterson, observer,
LAC Frederick John Allam, air gunner. †
Crew:
F/O Gordon Reginald Grattan, pilot, †
Sgt T. Patterson, observer,
LAC Frederick John Allam, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
