Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III near Mainz: 8 killed

Date & Time: Apr 11, 1943 at 0307 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED501
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Location:
Mainz
Rhineland-Palatinate
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
8
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Waddington on an operation to Frankfurt. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed near Mainz, west of Frankfurt. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/Cdr Kenneth Brooke Farley Smith, pilot,
Sgt Allan Gaskell Stone, pilot,
Sgt William Thomson, flight engineer,
F/O Arnold James Turner, navigator,
Sgt Gordon Arthur Taylor, wireless operator,
Sgt Louis Stanley Fiddes, air gunner,
P/O Roy Victor Charles Pleasance, air gunner,
F/O Bernard James Smith, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Farman F.63bis Goliath in Luzy: 4 killed

Date & Time: Aug 7, 1928
Type of aircraft:
Farman F.63bis Goliath
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Pau - Mainz
Location:
Luzy
Nièvre
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
En route from Pau to Mainz, Germany, the crew encountered unspecified problems. The pilot reduced his altitude and attempted to make an emergency landing in an open field. By night and low visibility, the aircraft hit a tree and crashed in a field. All four occupants were killed and the aircraft was destroyed.
Crew:
Cpt Raymond Labbé, pilot,
Adj/C Louis Le Bourhis, navigator,
Sgt Henri Bodin, mechanic,
Sg Marcel Picard, radio.
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