Date & Time:
Mar 1, 1943 at 2344 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
W4880
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Elsham Wolds - Elsham Wolds
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
7
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Elsham Wolds at 1851LT on an operation to Berlin. Passing south of Wilhelmshaven, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Bockhorn, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Lt Gilbert William Stanhope, pilot,
Sgt Robert Frazer, flight engineer,
F/O Harry Clinton Pulley, navigator,
Sgt Philip Smart, bomb aimer,
Sgt Ronald Leslie Hunt, wireless operator,
Sgt Reginald Douglas Foley, air gunner,
Sgt James Dennis Williams, air gunner.
Crew:
F/Lt Gilbert William Stanhope, pilot,
Sgt Robert Frazer, flight engineer,
F/O Harry Clinton Pulley, navigator,
Sgt Philip Smart, bomb aimer,
Sgt Ronald Leslie Hunt, wireless operator,
Sgt Reginald Douglas Foley, air gunner,
Sgt James Dennis Williams, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
