Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim I into the Gulf of Bengal: 4 killed

Date & Time: Apr 9, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
Z7896
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Colombo - Colombo
Location:
Gulf of Bengal
World
Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Colombo-Ratmalana Airport to attack Japanese ships in the Gulf of Bengal. Approaching the target area, some 280 km east of Trincomalee, it was shot down by a Japanese fighter (Mitsubishi Zero) and crashed into the sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Cpt Charles Henry Adcock,
F/O Geoffrey Shuttleworth Burgan,
Sgt Maxwell Clifford Gray,
S/Lt A. Peace.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a Japanese fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim I into the Gulf of Bengal: 3 killed

Date & Time: Apr 9, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
Z7803
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Colombo - Colombo
Location:
Gulf of Bengal
World
Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Colombo-Ratmalana Airport to attack Japanese ships in the Gulf of Bengal. Approaching the target area, some 280 km east of Trincomalee, it was shot down by a Japanese fighter (Mitsubishi Zero) and crashed into the sea. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt James Charles Alfred Bell,
F/O Alexander Watt Donald,
W/O Noel Lindsay Stevenson.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a Japanese fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim I into the Gulf of Bengal: 3 killed

Date & Time: Apr 9, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
R3911
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Colombo - Colombo
Location:
Gulf of Bengal
World
Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Colombo-Ratmalana Airport to attack Japanese ships in the Gulf of Bengal. Approaching the target area, some 280 km east of Trincomalee, it was shot down by a Japanese fighter (Mitsubishi Zero) and crashed into the sea. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Hugh Alexander MacLennan, pilot,
Sgt Archibald Richard Travers, observer,
F/Sgt Frederick John Gordon Nell, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a Japanese fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim I into the Gulf of Bengal: 4 killed

Date & Time: Apr 9, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
V5992
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Colombo - Colombo
Location:
Gulf of Bengal
World
Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Colombo-Ratmalana Airport to attack Japanese ships in the Gulf of Bengal. Approaching the target area, some 280 km east of Trincomalee, it was shot down by a Japanese fighter (Mitsubishi Zero) and crashed into the sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L Kenneth Ault,
Sgt George Keith Eckersley,
F/Sgt Stanley Dennis Whiles,
S/Lt R. Bonnell.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a Japanese fighter.
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