Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Saint-Lunaire: 3 killed
Date & Time:
Jun 26, 1941 at 0913 LT
Operator:
Registration:
V6309
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Saint Eval - Saint Eval
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF St Eval at 0755LT on a Bust Patrol mission in the area of Brest and Ushant. Approaching the French coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed off Saint-Lunaire. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Laurence Joseph Francis,
Sgt Jack St. Clair Hopper, wireless operator,
Sgt Robert Arthur Whitley.
Crew:
P/O Laurence Joseph Francis,
Sgt Jack St. Clair Hopper, wireless operator,
Sgt Robert Arthur Whitley.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
