Date & Time:
Jun 17, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
V5492
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
East Fortune - East Fortune
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
1
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
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.
