Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Vust
Date & Time:
Aug 13, 1940
Operator:
Registration:
T1889
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Watton - Watton
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Watton at 0840LT on a bombing mission over Aalborg. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crash landed in a field located in Vust, about 48 km west of the Aalborg Airport. All three crew members became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Robert Murphy Mervyn Biden,
Sgt Thomas Graham,
Sgt J. A. Oates.
Crew:
P/O Robert Murphy Mervyn Biden,
Sgt Thomas Graham,
Sgt J. A. Oates.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.
