Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I in Butterwick: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jul 26, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
R5683
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Coningsby - Coningsby
Location:
Butterwick
Lincolnshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 0010LT on an operation to Duisburg. Few minutes after takeoff, it exploded in the air and crashed on mudflats in Butterwick, less than 20 km southeast from the airbase. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Geoffrey Appleyard, pilot,
Sgt Robert Lovie Beaddie, flight engineer,
F/O Ray Branton Smith, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Montague Darvill, observer,
Sgt James William Grimwade, wireless operator,
Sgt James Douglas Davie, air gunner,
Sgt Leonard Walter Young, air gunner.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I near Butterwick: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jan 14, 1942 at 1130 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AE292
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Coningsby - Coningsby
Location:
Butterwick
Lincolnshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Coningsby on a training exercise. While making a sharp turn at low altitude, the pilot lost control of the airplane that stalled and crashed in Poynton Hall, Butterwick. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Donald Lawton, pilot,
Sgt Charles Wilson Wight, wireless operator.
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