Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Østhusvik: 3 killed
Date & Time:
Jun 25, 1940 at 1425 LT
Operator:
Registration:
N3604
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Sumburgh - Sumburgh
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Sumburgh at 1248 to attack enemy ships between Stavanger and Bergen. It was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Østhusvik. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Percival Gordon Cory, pilot,
Sgt David Ferguson Sharpe Campbell, observer,
Sgt Francis George Kinghan, wireless operator and air gunner.
Crew:
F/Sgt Percival Gordon Cory, pilot,
Sgt David Ferguson Sharpe Campbell, observer,
Sgt Francis George Kinghan, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
