Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim V in Newton Tony: 3 killed
Date & Time:
Nov 6, 1942 at 1510 LT
Operator:
Registration:
BA818
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Boscombe Down - Boscombe Down
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
While on a training exercise, the twin engine airplane crashed in Newton Tony, some 3 km east of RAF Boscombe Down. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Robert Calder Gibson, pilot,
Sgt Thomas James McCloud, observer,
Sgt Herbert Edward Shaw, wireless operator.
Crew:
Sgt Robert Calder Gibson, pilot,
Sgt Thomas James McCloud, observer,
Sgt Herbert Edward Shaw, wireless operator.
