Date & Time:
May 11, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
Z6348
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Pembrey - Pembrey
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
4
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The crew was engaged in a local training exercise out from RAF Pembrey. Almost immediately after takeoff, while climbing in heavy rain falls, the airplane went out of control and crashed. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/O Frederick John McDaniel, pilot,
Lac John Charles Noble, wireless operator and air gunner,
Lac Reginald R. I. Smythe, wireless operator and air gunner,
Lac Kenneth Taylor, wireless operator and air gunner.
Crew:
W/O Frederick John McDaniel, pilot,
Lac John Charles Noble, wireless operator and air gunner,
Lac Reginald R. I. Smythe, wireless operator and air gunner,
Lac Kenneth Taylor, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Investigations were unable to determine the exact cause of the accident.
