Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Saurga: 3 killed
Date & Time:
Oct 25, 1941
Operator:
Registration:
Z7704
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Luqa - Luqa
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Luqa on an operation over the coast of North Africa. While attacking a target, it crashed in unknown circumstances in a desert area located 20 miles east of Saurga. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt William Taylor Shaver, pilot,
Sgt Arnold Stanier, observer,
Sgt Gordon Louis Wincott, wireless operator.
Crew:
F/Sgt William Taylor Shaver, pilot,
Sgt Arnold Stanier, observer,
Sgt Gordon Louis Wincott, wireless operator.
