Date & Time:
Mar 20, 1941 at 1327 LT
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
R3604
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Bodney - Bodney
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 Bodney at 1109LT on an anti-shipping mission. While approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by the crew of a Minesweeper and crashed in the North Sea off Terschelling. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt John Henderson Kelly, pilot,
Sgt Graham Robert Wilson, observer,
Sgt Singleton Wilson Adair, wireless operator.
Crew:
Sgt John Henderson Kelly, pilot,
Sgt Graham Robert Wilson, observer,
Sgt Singleton Wilson Adair, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.
