Date & Time:
Jan 31, 1943 at 0310 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
W4835
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Woodhall Spa - Woodhall Spa
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
7
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Woodhall Spa at 2348LT on January 30 on an operation to Hamburg. While flying along the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea some 10 km southwest of Petten. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Ronald Albert Moyle, pilot,
Sgt Walter Henry Brunning, flight engineer,
Sgt Frank Spurr, navigator,
Sgt Graham James Hunt, bomb aimer,
Sgt Percival James Davey, wireless operator,
Sgt Phillip John Thomas, air gunner,
Sgt Victor Loar, air gunner.
Crew:
F/O Ronald Albert Moyle, pilot,
Sgt Walter Henry Brunning, flight engineer,
Sgt Frank Spurr, navigator,
Sgt Graham James Hunt, bomb aimer,
Sgt Percival James Davey, wireless operator,
Sgt Phillip John Thomas, air gunner,
Sgt Victor Loar, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
