Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim I off Al Marsa: 2 killed
Date & Time:
Apr 23, 1943 at 2130 LT
Operator:
Survivors:
No
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
Few minutes after takeoff from Ben Gardane, the twin engine airplane went out of control and crashed into the Bahiret el Bibane lake, some 4 km north of Al Marsa. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
Cpt Raymond Pierre Louis Roques, pilot,
Cpt Marcel Louis Finance, pilot.
Crew:
Cpt Raymond Pierre Louis Roques, pilot,
Cpt Marcel Louis Finance, pilot.
