Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster II in Le Thour: 7 killed
Date & Time:
Apr 11, 1943 at 0228 LT
Operator:
Registration:
DS604
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
East Wretham - East Wretham
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF East Wretham at 0050LT on an operation to Frankfurt. Over France, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Le Thour, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Arthur Brinley Thomas, pilot,
Sgt Milford Alexander Lambert, flight engineer,
Sgt Valentine Robertson Wilson, navigator,
Sgt Douglas Seymour Andrew, bomb aimer,
W/O Campbell Murray Smith, wireless operator,
Sgt Leonard Charles Fitt, air gunner,
Sgt Edward Victor Hudson, air gunner.
Crew:
Sgt Arthur Brinley Thomas, pilot,
Sgt Milford Alexander Lambert, flight engineer,
Sgt Valentine Robertson Wilson, navigator,
Sgt Douglas Seymour Andrew, bomb aimer,
W/O Campbell Murray Smith, wireless operator,
Sgt Leonard Charles Fitt, air gunner,
Sgt Edward Victor Hudson, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
