Crash of a Bristol 152 Beaufort II in Plouguerneau: 4 killed
Date & Time:
Feb 2, 1942
Registration:
AW253
Survivors:
No
MSN:
9948
YOM:
1941
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane was on an operation to Brest when it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Plouguerneau. The entire crew was killed.
Crew:
P/O Mehdi Khan, pilot,
Sgt Joseph Denham, observer,
Sgt Robert Stewart Abbey McLarty, wireless operator,
Sgt Robert Willison Turnbull, air gunner.
Crew:
P/O Mehdi Khan, pilot,
Sgt Joseph Denham, observer,
Sgt Robert Stewart Abbey McLarty, wireless operator,
Sgt Robert Willison Turnbull, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.