Crash of a North American B-25C Mitchell II in Rochford: 2 killed
Date & Time:
Jun 23, 1943
Operator:
Registration:
FL213
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Foulsham - Foulsham
MSN:
82-5355
YOM:
1941
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a cross country exercise when the airplane, flying too low, collided with a chimney located on the roof of a house and crashed in Rochford. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt William Anthony MacDuff Brettell, pilot,
Sgt John Richard Pexton Dawson, navigator.
Crew:
F/Sgt William Anthony MacDuff Brettell, pilot,
Sgt John Richard Pexton Dawson, navigator.
Probable cause:
Pilot error.
