Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III in Worstead
Date & Time:
May 24, 1943 at 0250 LT
Operator:
Registration:
ED775
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Holme-on-Spalding-Moor - Holme-on-Spalding-Moor
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Holme-on-Spalding-Moor at 2230LT on May 23 on an operation to Dortmund. While returning to base the following night, one of the engine caught fire. The captain decided to divert to RAF Coltishall for an emergency landing but the airplane crash landed on approach in Worstead, 3 km northeast of the airbase. A crew was injured.
Crew:
Sgt F. J. Fry, pilot,
Sgt S. Beedle,
Sgt G. E. Leedham,
Sgt D. H. G. Bond,
Sgt G. W. F. Batchelor,
Sgt J. P. O'Regan,
Sgt D. A. Stevenson.
Crew:
Sgt F. J. Fry, pilot,
Sgt S. Beedle,
Sgt G. E. Leedham,
Sgt D. H. G. Bond,
Sgt G. W. F. Batchelor,
Sgt J. P. O'Regan,
Sgt D. A. Stevenson.
Probable cause:
An engine caught fire in flight.
