Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IF in Witheridge: 3 killed
Date & Time:
Aug 25, 1940
Operator:
Registration:
L6782
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Middle Wallop - Middle Wallop
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Middle Wallop on a routine navigational exercice. While cruising at night, it crashed in unknown circumstances in a field located near Witheridge. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Cyril Haigh, pilot,
LAC Albert Lawrence Austin, observer,
Sgt John Gordon Bewley Fletcher, wireless operator and air gunner.
Crew:
Sgt Cyril Haigh, pilot,
LAC Albert Lawrence Austin, observer,
Sgt John Gordon Bewley Fletcher, wireless operator and air gunner.
