Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I into the North Sea: 7 killed
Date & Time:
Jan 18, 1943
Registration:
W4789
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Wickenby - Wickenby
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Wickenby at 1626LT on an operation to Berlin. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/Sgt Douglas Clarke Morphett, pilot,
Sgt Leslie Ernest Austin,
F/Sgt John Keith Bond,
Sgt Jim Corke,
F/Sgt Colin McDowell Miller,
Sgt Derek Bryan Pollitt,
Sgt William Richard Maunder, air gunner.
Crew:
F/Sgt Douglas Clarke Morphett, pilot,
Sgt Leslie Ernest Austin,
F/Sgt John Keith Bond,
Sgt Jim Corke,
F/Sgt Colin McDowell Miller,
Sgt Derek Bryan Pollitt,
Sgt William Richard Maunder, air gunner.