Date & Time:
Mar 1, 1943 at 2230 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
W4829
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
7
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 1846LT on an operation to Berlin. It crashed in unknown circumstances in Köpenick, east suburb of Berlin. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Bernard Frank Forman, pilot,
Sgt Leslie Farmer, flight engineer,
Sgt Donald George John Coombes, navigator,
Sgt Laurence John Holleron, bomb aimer,
Sgt William Eric Toft, wireless operator,
Sgt John Little, air gunner,
F/Sgt Benjamin Francis Brown, air gunner.
Crew:
Sgt Bernard Frank Forman, pilot,
Sgt Leslie Farmer, flight engineer,
Sgt Donald George John Coombes, navigator,
Sgt Laurence John Holleron, bomb aimer,
Sgt William Eric Toft, wireless operator,
Sgt John Little, air gunner,
F/Sgt Benjamin Francis Brown, air gunner.
