Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV near Cherbourg
Date & Time:
Jun 11, 1940
Registration:
N3588
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Wyton - Wyton
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Wyton at 1130LT on a support mission to ground forces in the lower Seine. After being shot down by enemy fire, it crashed in a field near Cherbourg. All three crew members evaded.
Crew:
P/O Myland, pilot,
Sgt Pirks, observer,
Sgt P. J. Petrie, wireless operator and air gunner.
Crew:
P/O Myland, pilot,
Sgt Pirks, observer,
Sgt P. J. Petrie, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.