Date & Time:
Jul 13, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED919
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Warboys - Warboys
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 Warboys at 2248LT on July 12 on an operation to Torino. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the Bay of Biscay. Lost without trace.
Crew (156 Sq):
P/O James Joseph Hewerdine, pilot,
Sgt Thomas Edward Dickins, flight engineer,
Sgt Leonard William Dallimore, navigator,
Sgt John Alan Walker, bomb aimer,
Sgt James Frederick William Cullum, wireless operator,
Sgt Henry Herbert George Sickelmore, air gunner,
Sgt John Archibald, air gunner.
Crew (156 Sq):
P/O James Joseph Hewerdine, pilot,
Sgt Thomas Edward Dickins, flight engineer,
Sgt Leonard William Dallimore, navigator,
Sgt John Alan Walker, bomb aimer,
Sgt James Frederick William Cullum, wireless operator,
Sgt Henry Herbert George Sickelmore, air gunner,
Sgt John Archibald, air gunner.
