Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Tongeren: 3 killed
Date & Time:
May 12, 1940 at 2040 LT
Operator:
Registration:
L8739
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Watton - Watton
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
While cruising at an altitude of 7,000 feet over Belgium, the aircraft was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Tongeren. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Arthur David Watson, pilot,
Sgt Alan Lawrence Fortescue Webb, observer,
LAC Arthur Christopher Burgess, wireless operator and air gunner.
Crew:
F/Lt Arthur David Watson, pilot,
Sgt Alan Lawrence Fortescue Webb, observer,
LAC Arthur Christopher Burgess, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by Flak.
