Date & Time:
Sep 28, 1939
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
N6206
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Wattisham - Wattisham
MSN:
9305
YOM:
1939
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 aircraft departed RAF Wattisham at 0740LT on a reconnaissance mission. Approaching Osnabrück, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances, killing all three crew members.
Crew:
F/O Donald Arthur Strachan, pilot,
Sgt William Mackenzie Gunn, observer,
AC1 John Bateson, wireless operator and air gunner.
Crew:
F/O Donald Arthur Strachan, pilot,
Sgt William Mackenzie Gunn, observer,
AC1 John Bateson, wireless operator and air gunner.
