Date & Time: Nov 7, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
R5566
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Wyton - Wyton
Location:
Ligurian Sea
World
Country:
World
Region:
World
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 Wyton at 2210LT on November 6 on an operation to Genoa. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the Ligurian Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/O Thomas Gerald Hackney, pilot,
F/Sgt Aubrey Wilson Coley,
Sgt James Cope,
Sgt Leonard Edwards,
F/Sgt Claude Allan Foster,
Sgt Selwyn Charles Orme, wireless operator,
F/Sgt John Henry Pellowe.