Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Saint-Michel-en-Grève

Date & Time: Sep 28, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
Z6163
Flight Phase:
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Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Bircham Newton - Bircham Newton
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Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Bircham Newton on an anti-shipping operation. It crashed in unknown circumstances in a beach at Saint-Michel-en-Grève. All three crew members became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt James Douglas Appleyard,
P/O Francis Reece,
Sgt William Henry Smyth.