Accident Avro Lancaster Mk IB L7533,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 21402
 
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Date:Saturday 9 May 1942
Time:night
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk IB
Owner/operator:44 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF
Registration: L7533
MSN: KM-J
Fatalities:Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8
Aircraft damage: Aircraft missing
Location:- missing - -
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Started out as Manchester MkI, to 44 Squadron, delivered 28-12-41 to RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire. Coded 'KM-K', later 'KM-J'. Failed To Return on Night raid to Warnemünde, Germany

Crew:
Pilot:745650 WO Neville Percy John Lamb DFM - Runnymede Memorial Panel 72.
46917 Plt Off Peter Gardiner - Runnymede Memorial Panel 69.
996502 Sgt Allan Stott Morrow - Runnymede Memorial Panel 90.
778301 Sgt Leonard Raymond Webster - Runnymede Memorial Panel 96.
633303 Flt Sgt Cyril Richard Douglas Hunt - Runnymede Memorial Panel 74.
1105192 Sgt Kenneth Evans - Runnymede Memorial Panel 82.
1377697 Sgt Roland Holman - Runnymede Memorial Panel 86.
1189783 Sgt Rowland Henry Jones - Runnymede Memorial Panel 87.

Sources:

Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999
http://lancaster-archive.com/lanc_unknowncrashsites.pdf
http://www.sonsofdamien.co.uk/44%20squadron.htm
CWGC
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=%09L7533&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
21-Jun-2008 20:04 JINX Added
04-Jul-2008 20:29 JINX Updated
04-Mar-2012 14:27 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Country, Source, Narrative]
15-Aug-2012 06:46 Nepa Updated [Operator, Departure airport]
01-Jun-2013 16:30 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Narrative]
18-Aug-2013 21:07 JINX Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source]
27-Nov-2014 16:29 Depak Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative]
24-Dec-2017 16:12 Red Dragon Updated [Cn, Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
24-Dec-2017 16:13 Red Dragon Updated [Source]
30-Oct-2018 04:31 Nepa Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator]
06-May-2022 14:16 TigerTimon Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Source]
06-May-2022 14:16 TigerTimon Updated [Damage]

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