Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Zoutelande: 3 killed
Date & Time:
Aug 12, 1941 at 1320 LT
Operator:
Registration:
Z7352
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Ipswich - Ipswich
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Ipswich at 1000LT on a fighter support mission. It was shot down by a Me.109 and crashed into the sea off Zoutelande. All three crew members were killed.
crew:
F/Lt Gwilym Ivor Lewis, pilot,
F/Sgt Nevill Southwell Cardell, observer,
F/Sgt Jack Cecil Woods, wireless operator.
crew:
F/Lt Gwilym Ivor Lewis, pilot,
F/Sgt Nevill Southwell Cardell, observer,
F/Sgt Jack Cecil Woods, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
