Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I in Aigny: 7 killed
Date & Time:
Apr 17, 1943
Operator:
Registration:
W4930
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Warboys - Warboys
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Warboys at 2125LT on April 16 on an operation to Plzeň. While returning to base the following night, it crashed in unknown circumstances in Aigny, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Hugh Bernard Gonce, pilot,
Sgt Murdo Mckenzie Muirhead, flight engineer,
Sgt John Gordon Kennedy Dean, navigator,
P/O Michael Cyriates Anastassiades, bomb aimer,
Sgt Harry Dawson Rowe, wireless operator,
Sgt James Boyd, air gunner,
F/Sgt Louie Elmo Corley, air gunner.
Crew:
P/O Hugh Bernard Gonce, pilot,
Sgt Murdo Mckenzie Muirhead, flight engineer,
Sgt John Gordon Kennedy Dean, navigator,
P/O Michael Cyriates Anastassiades, bomb aimer,
Sgt Harry Dawson Rowe, wireless operator,
Sgt James Boyd, air gunner,
F/Sgt Louie Elmo Corley, air gunner.
