Date & Time:
Jun 29, 1943 at 0020 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
EE199
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Wickenby - Wickenby
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
0
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Wickenby at 0016LT on an operation to Cologne. Four minutes later, it suffered an engine failure and crash landed 6 km east of the airbase. All seven crew members escaped among them two were injured.
Crew:
Sgt L. F. Jefferies, pilot,
Sgt J. Irwin, flight engineer,
Sgt C. N. Roy, navigator,
P/O E. B. Oldham, bomb aimer,
Sgt W. T. Seward, wireless operator,
Sgt G. W. Addinsall, air gunner,
Sgt J. A. M. Seaton, air gunner.
Crew:
Sgt L. F. Jefferies, pilot,
Sgt J. Irwin, flight engineer,
Sgt C. N. Roy, navigator,
P/O E. B. Oldham, bomb aimer,
Sgt W. T. Seward, wireless operator,
Sgt G. W. Addinsall, air gunner,
Sgt J. A. M. Seaton, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Engine failure after the idle cutoff switch was left in the off position.
