Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV near Sauville: 1 killed
Date & Time:
May 14, 1940 at 1620 LT
Operator:
Registration:
N6223
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Plivot - Plivot
MSN:
9320
YOM:
1939
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Plivot on a bombing mission over German positions in Sedan. En route, it was shot down by enemy fire. The crew attempted an emergency landing when the aircraft crashed in the Bois de la Cassine, near Sauville. Two crew members were uninjured while a third was killed.
Crew:
Sgt N. E. Brady, pilot,
Sgt G. A. Willsher, observer,
LAC Stanley A. Maddox, wireless operator and air gunner.
Crew:
Sgt N. E. Brady, pilot,
Sgt G. A. Willsher, observer,
LAC Stanley A. Maddox, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.
