Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I in Thurlby: 1 killed

Date & Time: Sep 19, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
R5689
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Swinderby - Swinderby
Location:
Thurlby
Lincolnshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Swinderby at 1915LT on a mine laying operation. Both port engines failed in flight, forcing the crew to divert to Thurlby where the airplane crashed on approach. A crew was killed.
Crew:
Sgt E. J. Morley,
P/O G. W. M. Harrison,
Sgt H. Male,
Sgt S. C. Garrett,
Sgt J. W. Dalby,
Sgt J. Fraser,
Sgt J. R. Gibbons. †
Probable cause:
Double engine failure.

Crash of an Avro 679 Manchester IA in Thurlby: 5 killed

Date & Time: May 13, 1942 at 1645 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 679 Manchester
Operator:
Registration:
L7519
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Skellingthorpe - Skellingthorpe
Location:
Thurlby
Lincolnshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The crew departed RAF Skellingthorpe on a training sortie. While cruising at an estimated altitude of 800 feet, the aircraft entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in an open field. All five crew members were killed.
Crew (50th Squadron):
F/Sgt Peter James Widdell Blake, pilot,
P/O Alan Bartlett, observer,
F/Sgt Raymond Leslie Cunningham, wireless operator and air gunner,
Lac William Stanley Stevens,
AC1 Leslie Harrison.
Probable cause:
The cause of the loss of control could not be determined.
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