Date & Time:
Jun 1, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
Z7912
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Feni - Feni
Country:
Myanmar
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
3
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Feni on an operation against Japanese positions in the Chin Hills. It was shot down by enemy fire, lost its right propeller and crashed some 42 km east-northeast of Hakha. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/Cdr Alan William Pennington-Legh, pilot,
F/Lt Robert John Ingram, navigator,
F/Lt Bernard Burnley, wireless operator and air gunner.
Crew:
W/Cdr Alan William Pennington-Legh, pilot,
F/Lt Robert John Ingram, navigator,
F/Lt Bernard Burnley, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.
