Aircraft Accident Details

 

Bristol F.2b B8942 took off from RAF East Fortune for a bombing sortie against the German High Seas Fleet. However, during takeoff, the aircraft stalled and descended sideways to the ground.

 

As the F.2b struck the ground, an underwing bomb exploded—killing both airmen.

 

 

 

 

 

Aircraft Crew Casualties

 

Both airmen died in this incident. They were:

Lt Lynn Newton Bissell (19), Royal Air Force, 201st Training Depot Station.
(Buried, Grave 45, Athelstaneford Parish Churchyard, East Lothian. Canadian archives here.)

Lt Eric Wensley Bragg (22), Royal Flying Corps, 201st Training Depot Station.
(Buried, Grave 45, Athelstaneford Parish Churchyard, East Lothian.)

 

 

 

(Buried, Grave 45, Athelstaneford Parish Churchyard, East Lothian.)

Diane Macdonald