Date & Time:
Mar 10, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED587
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Grimsby - Grimsby
Country:
France
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 Grimsby at 1948LT on March 9 on an operation to Munich. The following night, it crashed in unknown circumstances near Maubeuge, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
S/L Derrick Maxwell Barker, pilot,
Sgt Frank George Gibling Edwards, flight engineer,
Sgt Joshua Morgan, navigator,
Sgt Reginald William Walker, navigator,
Sgt Herbert Brock, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas Frame Millar, air gunner,
F/Sgt Fred Salvage, air gunner.
Crew:
S/L Derrick Maxwell Barker, pilot,
Sgt Frank George Gibling Edwards, flight engineer,
Sgt Joshua Morgan, navigator,
Sgt Reginald William Walker, navigator,
Sgt Herbert Brock, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas Frame Millar, air gunner,
F/Sgt Fred Salvage, air gunner.
