Date & Time:
Aug 1, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Douglas A-20 Havoc/DB-7 Boston
Operator:
Registration:
AL280
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Great Massingham - Great Massingham
Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
1
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Great Massingham at 1607LT on an operation to Vlissingen. It was hit by the German Flak and ditched, with the port engine on fire, off the English coast. Two crew members were rescued and a third was killed.
Crew:
Sgt Bernard Francis Quinn, observer,
P/O L. J. Skinner,
Sgt B. Bernstein.
Crew:
Sgt Bernard Francis Quinn, observer,
P/O L. J. Skinner,
Sgt B. Bernstein.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
