Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I in Horchheim: 7 killed
Date & Time:
Apr 17, 1943 at 0034 LT
Operator:
Registration:
W4942
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Breighton - Breighton
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Breighton at 2106LT on April 16 on an operation to Plzeň. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Horchheim, southwest of Worms. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt John Norman Williams, pilot,
Sgt John Courtney Bell, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Edwin Cyril Ebbott,
F/Sgt Edwin Robert King,
Sgt Leslie Charles Smith, wireless operator,
Sgt Edward John Ablewhite, air gunner,
Sgt Alfred William Clark, air gunner.
Crew:
F/Sgt John Norman Williams, pilot,
Sgt John Courtney Bell, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Edwin Cyril Ebbott,
F/Sgt Edwin Robert King,
Sgt Leslie Charles Smith, wireless operator,
Sgt Edward John Ablewhite, air gunner,
Sgt Alfred William Clark, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
