Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Saint-Hilliers: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jun 13, 1940 at 1630 LT
Type of aircraft:
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Registration:
R3676
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Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Bodney - Bodney
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Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Bodney at 1505LT on a bombing mission over German columns in the Forêt de Gaul. It crashed in unknown circumstances in Saint-Hilliers, killing all three crew members.
Crew:
P/O Lewis M. Blanckensee, pilot,
Sgt Albert Williams, observer,
Sgt Jack Guest, wireless operator and air gunner.