Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I at RAF Shawbury: 7 killed
Date & Time:
Mar 3, 1943 at 0010 LT
Registration:
W4864
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Shawbury - Shawbury
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a training exercise out from RAF Shawbury. Shortly after midnight, while on final approach to base, the crew encountered poor weather conditions when the airplane crashed 1,5 km west of the airfield. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Edgar Claude Fulton, pilot,
Sgt Thomas Patrick Gore Milledy, flight engineer,
Sgt Roderick Watson Kerr, navigator,
F/Sgt Edward Francis Murphy, bomb aimer,
Sgt Ross Clive Graham, wireless operator,
Sgt Peter Frederick Bacon, air gunner,
Sgt Ronald Oldfield, air gunner.
Crew:
Sgt Edgar Claude Fulton, pilot,
Sgt Thomas Patrick Gore Milledy, flight engineer,
Sgt Roderick Watson Kerr, navigator,
F/Sgt Edward Francis Murphy, bomb aimer,
Sgt Ross Clive Graham, wireless operator,
Sgt Peter Frederick Bacon, air gunner,
Sgt Ronald Oldfield, air gunner.