Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I off Hyllekrog: 7 killed
Date & Time:
Sep 24, 1942 at 0345 LT
Operator:
Registration:
R5909
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Swinderby - Swinderby
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Swinderby at 2302LT on an operation to Wismar. Over Denmark, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea some 1,5 km northeast of the Hyllekrog lighthouse. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt George Kenneth Dickenson, pilot,
Sgt William Henry Trottier, flight engineer,
Sgt Rex Alfred Gotts, navigator,
F/Sgt Henry James Wade, wireless operator,
Sgt Harold Arthur Phillips, wireless operator,
Sgt James William Carnley, air gunner,
Sgt Charles Francis Watson, air gunner.
Crew:
F/Sgt George Kenneth Dickenson, pilot,
Sgt William Henry Trottier, flight engineer,
Sgt Rex Alfred Gotts, navigator,
F/Sgt Henry James Wade, wireless operator,
Sgt Harold Arthur Phillips, wireless operator,
Sgt James William Carnley, air gunner,
Sgt Charles Francis Watson, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
