Crash of an Avro 679 Manchester I near Metheringham
Date & Time:
Jan 2, 1943
Operator:
Registration:
L7482
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Swinderby - Swinderby
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
While on a training exercise out from RAF Swinderby, the crew encountered severe icing conditions and the aircraft's performances were seriously reduced. The crew decided to abandon the airplane and bailed out. While all seven crew members parachuted to safety, the aircraft crashed in a field and was destroyed.
Crew:
F/O Hedley Charles Cornick Goodyear, pilot,
Sgt Norman Percy Tutt, flight engineer,
P/O Hector Robertson, navigator,
P/O Graham John Gibbings, bomb aimer,
Sgt William Arthur Barker, wireless operator,
Sgt Wulliam Roy Jakeway, air gunner,
P/O Newton Bird, air gunner.
Crew:
F/O Hedley Charles Cornick Goodyear, pilot,
Sgt Norman Percy Tutt, flight engineer,
P/O Hector Robertson, navigator,
P/O Graham John Gibbings, bomb aimer,
Sgt William Arthur Barker, wireless operator,
Sgt Wulliam Roy Jakeway, air gunner,
P/O Newton Bird, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Severe icing conditions.
