Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV near Peebles: 1 killed
Date & Time:
Jul 30, 1941
Operator:
Registration:
Z7646
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Lennoxlove - Dumfries
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The pilot was tasked to ferry the airplane from Lennoxlove to RAF Dumfried and departed Lennoxlove around noon. As the airplane failed to arrive at destination, SAR operations were initiated and the wreckage was found the next day in Moorfoot Hills near Peebles. The airplane was destroyed and the pilot was killed.
Crew:
P/O Elijah Henson, pilot.
Crew:
P/O Elijah Henson, pilot.
Probable cause:
Controlled flight into terrain.
