Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim I off Point of Ayre
Date & Time:
Jul 8, 1941
Operator:
Registration:
L1238
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
8521
YOM:
1938
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a training exercise when the airplane suffered an engine failure and was ditched into the sea some 800 metres off the Point of Ayre, north of Isle of Man. Both crew members were rescued, among them one was injured.
Crew:
LAC A. J. Fry, pilot,
P/O Władysław Jerzy Kolakowski, pilot.
Crew:
LAC A. J. Fry, pilot,
P/O Władysław Jerzy Kolakowski, pilot.
Probable cause:
Engine failure in flight.
