Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Morval: 3 killed

Date & Time: May 23, 1940 at 1500 LT
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Registration:
L9403
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Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Wyton - Wyton
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Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
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Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Wyton at 1300LT on an operation over Arras. It crashed in unknown circumstances in Morval, killing all three crew members.
Crew:
P/O James G. Masters, pilot,
F/Sgt Eugene Tucker, observer,
Sgt Clifford W. Thompson, wireless operator and air gunner.