Date & Time:
Aug 12, 1941 at 1318 LT
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
V6261
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Oulton - Oulton
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
3
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Oulton at 0940LT to attack the Knapsack Power Station in Cologne. While returning to base, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Breskens. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O George Alexander Herbert, pilot,
P/O Courtney Claude Orwin George, observer,
Sgt George Benton, wireless operator.
Crew:
F/O George Alexander Herbert, pilot,
P/O Courtney Claude Orwin George, observer,
Sgt George Benton, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
