Crash of a Bristol 152 Beaufort I in Plouescat: 4 killed
Date & Time:
Feb 1, 1941 at 1700 LT
Operator:
Registration:
L9866
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Saint Eval - Saint Eval
MSN:
9014
YOM:
1940
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The crew departed RAF St Eval at 1457LT to attack the cruise ship named 'Admiral Hipper'. Flying northwest of Morlaix, the airplane was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Plouescat. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt John Bell Rutherford, pilot,
Sgt Thomas Patrick O'Byrne, observer,
Sgt William Samuel Ralph Browning, radio operator,
Sgt John Anthony Duckworth Wood, air gunner.
Crew:
Sgt John Bell Rutherford, pilot,
Sgt Thomas Patrick O'Byrne, observer,
Sgt William Samuel Ralph Browning, radio operator,
Sgt John Anthony Duckworth Wood, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
