Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III in Taben-Rodt: 7 killed
Date & Time:
Apr 11, 1943 at 0230 LT
Operator:
Registration:
ED760
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Grimsby - Grimsby
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Grimsby at 2358LT on April 10 on an operation to Frankfurt. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Taben-Rodt, 23 km south of Trier. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Frederick Andrew Partridge, pilot,
Sgt Peter Plowright, flight engineer,
Sgt Norman Frank Hallett, navigator,
Sgt John Douglas Law, observer,
Sgt William Henry Hargreaves, wireless operator,
F/Sgt William Bodley, air gunner,
F/Sgt Clarence Flint Rimmer, air gunner.
Crew:
Sgt Frederick Andrew Partridge, pilot,
Sgt Peter Plowright, flight engineer,
Sgt Norman Frank Hallett, navigator,
Sgt John Douglas Law, observer,
Sgt William Henry Hargreaves, wireless operator,
F/Sgt William Bodley, air gunner,
F/Sgt Clarence Flint Rimmer, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
