Date & Time:
Jan 13, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
W4338
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Elsham Wolds - Elsham Wolds
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
6
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Elsham Wolds at 1659LT on an operation to Essen. Approaching Krefeld, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed. Six crew members were killed and one became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Bertram Edwin Atwood, pilot, †
F/Sgt Orville Stotts O'Hair, air gunner, †
Sgt Thomas Lynn Davies, flight engineer, †
Sgt A. S. Laird,
F/Sgt Francis James McKeown, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Richard Lyall, wireless operator, †
Sgt Robert Ernest Whiteman, air gunner. †
Crew:
F/Sgt Bertram Edwin Atwood, pilot, †
F/Sgt Orville Stotts O'Hair, air gunner, †
Sgt Thomas Lynn Davies, flight engineer, †
Sgt A. S. Laird,
F/Sgt Francis James McKeown, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Richard Lyall, wireless operator, †
Sgt Robert Ernest Whiteman, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
