Date & Time:
May 28, 1941 at 1545 LT
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
V6457
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Bodney - Bodney
Country:
World
Region:
World
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 Bodney at 1258LT on an operation to Heligoland. Over the North Sea, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed 130 km north of Texel. All three crew members were killed.
Sgt Douglas Norman Banks,
Sgt John Hamilton McGowan,
Sgt Alan Lowther Walker.
Sgt Douglas Norman Banks,
Sgt John Hamilton McGowan,
Sgt Alan Lowther Walker.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
