Date & Time:
Apr 10, 1943 at 0125 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED823
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
7
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances in an open field in Halam while engaged in a navigation training exercise. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Leonard Wentworth Lean, pilot,
Sgt Frank Dunkin, flight engineer,
F/O Edward Lambert, navigator,
Sgt Henry Utley Oxspring, bomb aimer,
Sgt William Shearer Lindsay Graham, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Raymond David Lewis, air gunner,
Sgt William George Stephenson, air gunner.
Crew:
F/Sgt Leonard Wentworth Lean, pilot,
Sgt Frank Dunkin, flight engineer,
F/O Edward Lambert, navigator,
Sgt Henry Utley Oxspring, bomb aimer,
Sgt William Shearer Lindsay Graham, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Raymond David Lewis, air gunner,
Sgt William George Stephenson, air gunner.
