Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Wimborne: 8 killed
Date & Time:
Jan 24, 1943 at 1345 LT
Operator:
Registration:
DT684
Survivors:
No
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
8
Circumstances:
The airplane crashed in unknown circumstances near Kingston Lacy House, Wimborne. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt John Frank Hugh Andrews, pilot,
F/O Murray Archer Legg, pilot,
Sgt Alexander Sinclair Doull, flight engineer,
F/O George Robert Pringle, observer,
Sgt Alan Henry Norman Bickley, wireless operator,
W/O Lawrence Edward Gilpin, wireless operator,
W/O Sidney James Prince, wireless operator,
Lac Albert Haywood.
Crew:
F/Lt John Frank Hugh Andrews, pilot,
F/O Murray Archer Legg, pilot,
Sgt Alexander Sinclair Doull, flight engineer,
F/O George Robert Pringle, observer,
Sgt Alan Henry Norman Bickley, wireless operator,
W/O Lawrence Edward Gilpin, wireless operator,
W/O Sidney James Prince, wireless operator,
Lac Albert Haywood.
