Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Wicken: 4 killed
Date & Time:
Oct 10, 1940 at 1140 LT
Operator:
Registration:
T1881
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Saffron Walden - Saffron Walden
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane was completing a training mission out from RAF Saffron Walden when it collided with a tree and crashed in Wicken. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Maurice Bywater, pilot,
Sgt Richard Perry Adlam, observer,
Sgt Kenneth Angus Brooker, wireless operator,
LAC Harry Key.
Crew:
P/O Maurice Bywater, pilot,
Sgt Richard Perry Adlam, observer,
Sgt Kenneth Angus Brooker, wireless operator,
LAC Harry Key.
