Date & Time:
Oct 13, 1939
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
L1138
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Metz - Metz
MSN:
8421
YOM:
1938
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
2
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Metz on a reconnaissance mission over Hanover. En route, it was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter and entered a dive. A crewman was able to bail out before the aircraft crashed in an openfield. Both other crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/Cdr Harry Melville Arbuthnot, pilot,
Sgt Eric Bernard Hillier, observer, †
AC2 Frederick George Moller, wireless operator and air gunner. †
Crew:
W/Cdr Harry Melville Arbuthnot, pilot,
Sgt Eric Bernard Hillier, observer, †
AC2 Frederick George Moller, wireless operator and air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
