Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Ramegnies-Chin: 3 killed
Date & Time:
May 15, 1940 at 0900 LT
Operator:
Registration:
L9399
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Poix-Croixrault - Poix-Croixrault
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The aircraft departed Pox-Croixrault on combat operations when it was mistakenly shot down by friendly fire and crashed in Ramegnies-Chin, north of Tournai. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Peter Knowles Bone, pilot,
Sgt William Joseph Cronin, observer,
LAC Jack Bromley, wireless operator and air gunner.
Crew:
P/O Peter Knowles Bone, pilot,
Sgt William Joseph Cronin, observer,
LAC Jack Bromley, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Mistakenly shot down by friendly fire.
