Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV into The Channel: 3 killed
Date & Time:
Aug 10, 1941
Registration:
Z7280
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Wattisham - Wattisham
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Wattisham on an anti-shipping operation. It was shot down by a Me.109 and crashed in The Channel. All three crew members were killed.
crew:
Sgt John Maxwell Osborne, pilot,
Sgt Kenneth Allen McManus, observer,
Sgt Wynne Roberts, wireless operator.
crew:
Sgt John Maxwell Osborne, pilot,
Sgt Kenneth Allen McManus, observer,
Sgt Wynne Roberts, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.