Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I off Vejrø Island: 7 killed
Date & Time:
Sep 24, 1942 at 0252 LT
Operator:
Registration:
W4230
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Waddington in the evening of September 23 on an operation to Wismar. Over the Smålandsfarvandet, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the sea off Vejrø Island. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Owen Beamish White, pilot,
Sgt Geoffrey William Ardern Higson, flight engineer,
F/O Harry Francis Burton Smith, navigator,
F/Sgt James Alexander Beaton, wireless operator,
Sgt James Cornwall Gray, wireless operator,
Sgt John Wallace Henry, air gunner,
Sgt Noel Henry Crozier, air gunner.
Crew:
F/Sgt Owen Beamish White, pilot,
Sgt Geoffrey William Ardern Higson, flight engineer,
F/O Harry Francis Burton Smith, navigator,
F/Sgt James Alexander Beaton, wireless operator,
Sgt James Cornwall Gray, wireless operator,
Sgt John Wallace Henry, air gunner,
Sgt Noel Henry Crozier, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
