Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim I into the Ionian Sea
Date & Time:
Aug 19, 1939
Registration:
L8378
Survivors:
Yes
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
For unknown reasons, the pilot was forced to ditch the airplane into the Ionian Sea some 110 km southeast off Syracuse, Sicily. All four crew members were rescued.