Date & Time:
Jun 2, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
Z6186
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Wattisham - Wattisham
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 Wattisham at 2235LT on June 1st on an intruder operation to the Venlo Airfield. Approaching Duisburg, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Rheinberg. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Douglas Grant Redman, pilot,
F/Sgt Peter Fini Pentland Enna, observer,
F/Sgt Thomas Frederick Trimmer, wireless operator and air gunner.
Crew:
F/Lt Douglas Grant Redman, pilot,
F/Sgt Peter Fini Pentland Enna, observer,
F/Sgt Thomas Frederick Trimmer, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
