Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IVc in North Berwick: 1 killed
Date & Time:
Jun 17, 1943
Registration:
V5492
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
East Fortune - East Fortune
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
While on a solo training sortie, the pilot was forced to make an emergency landing after the right engine caught fire in flight. The airplane crashed east of North Berwick and was destroyed. The pilot was killed.
Crew:
F/O Charles Phillip Meredith, pilot.
Crew:
F/O Charles Phillip Meredith, pilot.
Probable cause:
Engine fire in flight.