Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in the Lough Neagh: 3 killed
Date & Time:
Sep 20, 1941
Operator:
Registration:
T2128
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Belfast - Belfast
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Belfast-Aldergrove Airport on a torpedo training mission. In unknown circumstances, it crashed in the Lough Neagh, west of the airport. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Knud Fleming Van der Kuhle, pilot,
AC2 Thomas William Vickers, observer,
Sgt Robert Steel, wireless operator.
Crew:
Sgt Knud Fleming Van der Kuhle, pilot,
AC2 Thomas William Vickers, observer,
Sgt Robert Steel, wireless operator.
