Date & Time:
Feb 27, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
W4857
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
1
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
While engaged in a training mission, the airplane suffered a partial failure of the tail assembly and was abandoned by the crew. The pilot attempted an emergency landing but the airplane crashed at Elsham Hall near Brigg and was destroyed. The pilot was destroyed and the rest of the crew parachuted to safety.
Crew:
F/Lt R. N. Stubbs, pilot,
F/O E. C. Lee-Brown +3.
Crew:
F/Lt R. N. Stubbs, pilot,
F/O E. C. Lee-Brown +3.
Probable cause:
In-flight failure of the tail assembly.
