K8813
We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.
Safety history
- August 11, 1940Accident
At 1657LT, the crew sent a distress call when the aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances some 4 km southeast of Penha Garcia, near Castelo Branco. All four occupants were killed. Crew (217th Squadron): P/O Anthony Gordon-Peiniger, pilot, P/O Richard Maxwell Coulman, navigator, Sgt Eric Kendrick Mellody, wireless operator, Sgt Edgar Hopperton, wireless operator. Probable cause (official findings): According to the British Authorities, the aircraft was probably shot down by enemy action.