Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Écaussinnes-d'Enghien: 3 killed
Date & Time:
May 15, 1940 at 1040 LT
Operator:
Registration:
P4913
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Wyton - Wyton
MSN:
9395
YOM:
1939
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Wyton to bomb bridges over the Meuse. It was shot down by the pilot of a Me.109 and crashed in Écaussinnes-d'Enghien. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O John Ernest Edwards, pilot,
Sgt Charles Thomas White, observer,
LAC Stanley Johnson, wireless operator and air gunner.
Crew:
F/O John Ernest Edwards, pilot,
Sgt Charles Thomas White, observer,
LAC Stanley Johnson, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
