ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 203938
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| Date: | Wednesday 3 January 1945 |
| Time: | Approx 16.00 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 467 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | NF908 |
| MSN: | PO-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | The Roaches near Leek, Staffordshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire,UK |
| RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire,UK |
During a training flight, as a result of poor visibility, the plane crashed into a mountain. All seven occupants died in the crash.
The aircraft took of at approximately 14.30 to conduct a fighter affiliation exercise with an option of a cross-country navigation exercise, options being weather-dependent.
While descending through cloud around dusk, the aircraft got caught in a rain and snow storm, crashing onto high and exposed ground.
The crew - all members of the Royal Australian Air Force, except for the Flight Engineer - were as follows:
Flying Officer Walter Vernon Wilfred Allamby, RAAF 428516 - Pilot
Sergeant Norman Lees RAFVR - 2218806 - Flight Engineer
Flight Sergeant Geoffrey James Dunbar, RAAF 424391 - Navigator
Flight Sergeant Richard Emonson RAAF 430484 - Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Flight Lieutenant Jack Ivan Pritchard, RAAF 421047 - Bomb Aimer (see source 3. for a studio portrait of this man).
Flight Sergeant Cleveland Charles Watson, RAAF 434547 - Air Gunner
Flight Sergeant Thomas Edward Harold Wright RAAF 430728 - Air Gunner
Sources:
1. https://www.peakdistrictaircrashes.co.uk/crash_sites/peak-district/avro-lancaster-nf908-the-roaches/
2. https://aircrewremembered.com/allamby-walter.html
3. https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P10320307
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 19 July 1944 | PB234 | 467 Sqn RAAF | 3 | Brabant-le-Roi, Meuse département |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Jan-2018 09:47 | gerard57 | Added |
| 27-Aug-2018 17:54 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 21-Mar-2020 18:21 | Anon. | Updated [Source] |
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