Crash of an Avro 683 LAncaster I near Brigg: 1 killed

Date & Time: Feb 27, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
W4857
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Location:
Brigg
Lincolnshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
While engaged in a training mission, the airplane suffered a partial failure of the tail assembly and was abandoned by the crew. The pilot attempted an emergency landing but the airplane crashed at Elsham Hall near Brigg and was destroyed. The pilot was destroyed and the rest of the crew parachuted to safety.
Crew:
F/Lt R. N. Stubbs, pilot,
F/O E. C. Lee-Brown +3.
Probable cause:
In-flight failure of the tail assembly.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC near Brigg: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jan 27, 1943 at 1900 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
P9240
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Mountains
Schedule:
Moreton-in-Marsh - Moreton-in-Marsh
Location:
Brigg
Lincolnshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Moreton-in-Marsh on a night cross country navigation exercise. While flying in clouds, the pilot reduced his altitude in an attempt to establish a visual contact with the ground when the airplane impacted the slope of hilly terrain near Brigg. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Clifford Clarke, pilot,
Sgt Harry Ernest Hole, observer,
Sgt Norman Sydney Devereux-Mack, bomb aimer,
Sgt George Bussey Tarran, wireless operator,
Sgt Arthur Victor McDonald Buckingham, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Controlled flight into terrain.

Crash of an Avro 504K in Brigg

Date & Time: Jun 5, 1923
Type of aircraft:
Avro 504
Operator:
Manchester Aviation
Registration:
G-EBGH
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Scheduled Revenue Flight
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Manchester - Grimsby
MSN:
H6602
YOM:
1923
Location:
Brigg
Lincolnshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
2
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Pilot started the descent to Grimsby when he was forced to make an emergency landing in Brigg, Lincolnshire. While all three occupants were unhurt, the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Subscribe to Brigg