Crash of a Douglas A-20 Havoc in Saint-Sève: 3 killed
Date & Time:
Sep 8, 1941
Operator:
Registration:
BB905
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 in the evening of September 7 on a night operation to Lannion. It was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Saint-Sève, southwest of Morlaix. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Philip Stephen Baddesley Ensor, pilot,
F/Sgt Peter Alfred Roberts, observer,
F/Sgt George Dixon Oliver, air gunner.
Crew:
F/Lt Philip Stephen Baddesley Ensor, pilot,
F/Sgt Peter Alfred Roberts, observer,
F/Sgt George Dixon Oliver, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.
