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Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Lorient: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jun 26, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
V6122
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
Crashed for unknown reasons into the sea off Lorient. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Charles Edward Greville-Heygate, pilot,
P/O Geoffrey Troup, observer,
Sgt Charles Holt Naylor, wireless operator and air gunner.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV off Lorient: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jun 26, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
V6087
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Saint Eval - Saint Eval
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF St Eval at 1110LT on an anti-shipping operation of the French coast. It crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off Lorient, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Dennis Trevelyan Herrick, pilot,
Sgt Gordon Francis Wilson Gahagan,
Sgt George Leonard Wells.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111P-2 near Lorient

Date & Time: Dec 5, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
1G+??
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
1360
YOM:
1936
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The pilot was forced to make an emergency landing near Lorient. All four crew members evacuated safely, among them one was injured. The aircraft was destroyed.
Crew:
Uffz Walter Zapf, air gunner, +3.