Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I in Cowden
Date & Time:
Nov 7, 1942 at 0700 LT
Operator:
Registration:
W4246
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2130LT on November 6 to lay mines in the mouth of the River Gironde. While returning to base the following morning, it run out of fuel and was abandoned by the crew who parachuted to safety. The airplane crashed in Cowden and was destroyed.
Crew:
F/Sgt R. Croston, pilot,
Sgt S. J. Mondel,
F/Sgt C. Thompson,
F/Sgt J. J. Mylod,
F/O R. K. Todd,
Sgt A. G. W. Wade,
P/O N. C. Cassibault.
Crew:
F/Sgt R. Croston, pilot,
Sgt S. J. Mondel,
F/Sgt C. Thompson,
F/Sgt J. J. Mylod,
F/O R. K. Todd,
Sgt A. G. W. Wade,
P/O N. C. Cassibault.
Probable cause:
Fuel exhaustion.
