ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 142359
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| Date: | Saturday 10 April 1943 |
| Time: | 01:25 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster |
| Owner/operator: | 1661 HCU RAF |
| Registration: | ED823 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Halam -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Winthorpe |
Crashed during a cross-country navigation exercise.
The entire crew were lost and are buried in various UK cemeteries.
They were:
Flight Sergeant Leonard Wentworth LEAN (411919 RAAF) - Pilot, aged 22
Sergeant Frank DUNKIN (14855 RAAF) - Flight Engineer, aged 21
Flying Officer Edward LAMBERT (127064 RAFVR) - Navigator, aged 34
Sergeant Henry Utley OXSPRING (1087359 RAFVR) - Bomb Aimer, aged 27
Sergeant William Shearer Lindsay GRAHAM (1345277 RAFVR) - Wireless Operator, aged 20
Flight Sergeant Raymond David LEWIS (R/115799 RCAF) - Air Gunner, aged 22
Sergeant William George STEPHENSON (1231524) - Air Gunner, aged 21
Collectively the crew are commemorated by a memorial unveiled in April 2011 near the crash site at Hallam, Nottinghamshire.
Please see source 2. for details.
Sources:
1. Aeroplane Monthly July 2011
2. https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/68377
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Feb-2012 06:34 | harro | Added |
| 16-Feb-2012 00:35 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Operator] |
| 24-May-2023 14:56 | Richard | Updated [[Time, Operator]] |
| 25-May-2023 05:15 | Richard | Updated [[[Time, Operator]]] |
| 09-Jun-2023 16:14 | Richard | Updated [[[[Time, Operator]]]] |
| 19-Jun-2023 13:08 | Richard | Updated [[[[[Time, Operator]]]]] |
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