Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IF in Piershil: 1 killed
Date & Time:
May 10, 1940 at 1400 LT
Operator:
Registration:
L1401
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Manston - Manston
MSN:
8684
YOM:
1939
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Manston on a bombing mission over Waalhaven. Approaching Rotterdam, the bomber was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Piershil, south of Rotterdam. A crewman was killed and a second was injured.
Crew:
F/O John Hugh Chitty Rowe, pilot,
P/O Robert Wyatt Hamilton Echlin, wireless operator and air gunner. †
Crew:
F/O John Hugh Chitty Rowe, pilot,
P/O Robert Wyatt Hamilton Echlin, wireless operator and air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
