Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I in Skallingen: 7 killed
Date & Time:
Oct 1, 1942 at 2119 LT
Operator:
Registration:
W4187
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 1800LT on an operation to Wismar. Over Denmark, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Skallingen, off Esbjerg. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O James Douglas Vernon Stewart Stephens, pilot,
Sgt Norman Edwin Dowden, flight engineer,
F/O John Edmond Tate, observer,
F/Sgt Paul Hereford, observer,
F/Sgt Charles Gerard Nugent, wireless operator,
Sgt Robert Emslie Wallace Williamson, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Herbert Reginald Rowe, air gunner.
Crew:
F/O James Douglas Vernon Stewart Stephens, pilot,
Sgt Norman Edwin Dowden, flight engineer,
F/O John Edmond Tate, observer,
F/Sgt Paul Hereford, observer,
F/Sgt Charles Gerard Nugent, wireless operator,
Sgt Robert Emslie Wallace Williamson, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Herbert Reginald Rowe, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
