Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I near Ravenstein: 7 killed
Date & Time:
Dec 31, 1942 at 2015 LT
Operator:
Registration:
W4799
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Wyton - Wyton
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Wyton for a special operation supporting Oboe equipped Mosquitoes. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near Ravenstein, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Leonard Thomas Jackson, pilot,
F/Sgt David Smith, flight engineer,
F/Lt James McMillan, navigator,
W/O Basil Eldon Hargrove, observer,
F/Sgt Kenneth Chadwick Taylor, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Leslie Robert Brettle, air gunner,
Sgt Daniel Crossthwaite, air gunner.
Crew:
P/O Leonard Thomas Jackson, pilot,
F/Sgt David Smith, flight engineer,
F/Lt James McMillan, navigator,
W/O Basil Eldon Hargrove, observer,
F/Sgt Kenneth Chadwick Taylor, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Leslie Robert Brettle, air gunner,
Sgt Daniel Crossthwaite, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
