Date & Time:
Apr 8, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
Z5871
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
East Fortune - East Fortune
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
2
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew departed RAF East Fortune on a local training flight. After takeoff, the airplane entered a dive and crashed in a field located in Longyester, some 13 km south of RAF East Fortune. Both pilots were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Robert Wright Hunter, pilot,
Sgt Stuart Bruce Moffitt, pilot.
Crew:
Sgt Robert Wright Hunter, pilot,
Sgt Stuart Bruce Moffitt, pilot.
