Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Scheldeoord: 2 killed
Date & Time:
Jul 30, 1940 at 2000 LT
Operator:
Registration:
R3764
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Wyton - Wyton
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Wyton on a bombing mission over Parderborn. While approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by the pilot of a Me.109 and crashed near Scheldeoord. Two crew members were killed and a third became PoW.
Crew:
F/O Percy Frank Eames, pilot,
P/O Francis Herbert Jones, observer, †
Sgt Patrick Murphy, air gunner. †
Crew:
F/O Percy Frank Eames, pilot,
P/O Francis Herbert Jones, observer, †
Sgt Patrick Murphy, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
