Date & Time:
Oct 15, 1942 at 2231 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
W4195
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Syerston - Syerston
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
3
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Syerston at 1900LT on an operation to Cologne. While returning to base, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Homoet. Three crew members were killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Edward Ferguson White, pilot,
P/O Raymond Keith Marshall, observer, †
Sgt Jack Gaffney,
Sgt William Robert Piercy,
Sgt John Pierce Wilson,
Sgt David Douglas Garbett, air gunner, †
Sgt Thomas Leonard Hill Piddock, air gunner. †
Crew:
P/O Edward Ferguson White, pilot,
P/O Raymond Keith Marshall, observer, †
Sgt Jack Gaffney,
Sgt William Robert Piercy,
Sgt John Pierce Wilson,
Sgt David Douglas Garbett, air gunner, †
Sgt Thomas Leonard Hill Piddock, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
