Date & Time:
Jan 31, 1943 at 0715 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED428
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Fiskerton - Fiskerton
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
6
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Fiskerton at 0226LT on an operation to Hamburg. It was hit by the German Flak and on return to base, it crashed on final approach and was destroyed. Six crew members were killed and one was injured.
Crew:
F/Sgt Elliot Livesey Cole, pilot, †
F/O Frank Ridley, †
Sgt Frederick Stanley Pittard, †
Sgt James Arthur Browne, †
F/Sgt Llewellyn Grey, †
Sgt William Charles Wood, †
Sgt E. Phillips, air gunner.
Crew:
F/Sgt Elliot Livesey Cole, pilot, †
F/O Frank Ridley, †
Sgt Frederick Stanley Pittard, †
Sgt James Arthur Browne, †
F/Sgt Llewellyn Grey, †
Sgt William Charles Wood, †
Sgt E. Phillips, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
