Date & Time:
Jun 2, 1942 at 0029 LT
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
R3620
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
West Raynham - West Raynham
Country:
Germany
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 West Raynham at 2239LT on June 1st on an operation to Venlo Airport. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Buschbell. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Patrick Bernard L'Hirondelle, pilot,
P/O Ronald George Inglis, observer,
Sgt Henry Meakin, wireless operator and air gunner.
Crew:
F/Sgt Patrick Bernard L'Hirondelle, pilot,
P/O Ronald George Inglis, observer,
Sgt Henry Meakin, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
