Date & Time:
Mar 20, 1943 at 1130 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED446
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Test
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
8
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
8
Circumstances:
While performing a test flight, the airplane went out of control and crashed on a beach located in Atwick. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Ivan Henry Hazard, pilot,
F/O Raymond Henry Thompson,
Sgt James Fortune Bain,
P/O William Ernest Williams,
F/O William Corfield Morris,
Sgt Lawrence Edward Webb,
Sgt Harry Alfred Rideout,
Sgt Terence Jenkins, air gunner.
Crew:
Sgt Ivan Henry Hazard, pilot,
F/O Raymond Henry Thompson,
Sgt James Fortune Bain,
P/O William Ernest Williams,
F/O William Corfield Morris,
Sgt Lawrence Edward Webb,
Sgt Harry Alfred Rideout,
Sgt Terence Jenkins, air gunner.
