Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I in Oudehorne: 7 killed
Date & Time:
Sep 14, 1942 at 0221 LT
Operator:
Registration:
W4108
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Wigsley - Wigsley
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Wigsley at 2330LT on September 13 on an operation to Bremen. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Oudehorne, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Edwin Frederick Dowdell, pilot,
Sgt George Alec Walker, flight engineer,
P/O Patrick Aylmer Vivian, navigator,
F/Sgt John Joseph William Adams, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Robert Robertson, wireless operator,
Sgt Percy Kenneth Jones, air gunner,
Sgt Reginald Laurence Moss, air gunner.
Crew:
P/O Edwin Frederick Dowdell, pilot,
Sgt George Alec Walker, flight engineer,
P/O Patrick Aylmer Vivian, navigator,
F/Sgt John Joseph William Adams, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Robert Robertson, wireless operator,
Sgt Percy Kenneth Jones, air gunner,
Sgt Reginald Laurence Moss, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
