Date & Time:
Jun 23, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Douglas A-20 Havoc/DB-7 Boston
Registration:
W8394
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Ford - Ford
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
3
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Ford at 0101LT on an operation to Tours and Orléans. It crashed in unknown circumstances in Pont-Audemer, killing all three crew members.
Crew (418th Squadron):
F/O Duncan Alexander Carmichael, navigator,
P/O Ernest Quarrier Findlay, pilot,
W/O John Wallace Robertson, wireless operator and air gunner.
Crew (418th Squadron):
F/O Duncan Alexander Carmichael, navigator,
P/O Ernest Quarrier Findlay, pilot,
W/O John Wallace Robertson, wireless operator and air gunner.