Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Amstelveen: 3 killed
Date & Time:
Jul 14, 1942 at 0118 LT
Operator:
Registration:
V6071
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Wattisham - Wattisham
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Wattisham at 0015LT on an operation to Deelen Airfield in the Netherlands. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in the Amsterdamse Bos in Amstelveen. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Peter Cyprain Coulthard, pilot,
Sgt Arthur Dennis Meech, observer,
P/O Lyn George Lloyd Ward, wireless operator and air gunner.
Crew:
P/O Peter Cyprain Coulthard, pilot,
Sgt Arthur Dennis Meech, observer,
P/O Lyn George Lloyd Ward, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
