Blackburn B-26 Botha crash, Jun 19, 1942 (1 killed), Girv...

Blackburn B-26 Botha accident on June 19, 1942 near Girvan Ayrshire, United Kingdom with 1 fatality.

The Botha lost an engine on a flight from Prestwick and ditched in the sea off Girvan. The radio operator sank with the aircraft and drowned, while the other three occupants spent about three hours in a dinghy before being rescued.

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