ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 318434
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| Date: | Tuesday 30 March 1943 |
| Time: | 04:45 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 97 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W4175 |
| MSN: | OF-U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Coningsby village near RAF Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire |
| RAF Woodhall Spa |
Aircraft: Lancaster I W4175 Unit 97 Sqdn
Details Took off 2151 29 Mar 1943 from Woodhall Spa. Crashed 0445 30 Mar 1943 in Coningsby village Lincolnshire while circling the nearby airfield.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Peter Hilary Norton RAFVR 116782 (NCO:1270216 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 17 November, 1942) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant James Alexander Peel RAFVR 1042200 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Gordon Charles Wardlaw Francis RAFVR 126038 (NCO:1387331 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 01 September, 1942) [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant William Standring RAFVR 1035770 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Ralph Frank RCAF R/84415 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Frederick Richard Birtwistle RAFVR 751476 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant William Henry Whiting RAFVR 1601035 [Killed]
Sources:
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/wardead/details.php?qnum=73160
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 5 September 1942 | R5496 | 97 (The Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF | 7 | main railway station of Bremen. |  |
w/o |
| 29 June 1943 | LM323 | 97 (Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF | 7 | Solwaster, Liège |  |
w/o |
| 8 February 1945 | ND961 | 97 (The Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF | 8 | Westerwijk, Son, Noord-Brabant |  |
w/o |
| Mid-air collision | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Jul-2023 14:41 | temptage | Added |
| 29-Mar-2024 08:05 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 08-May-2024 09:32 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator] |
| 08-May-2024 09:33 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Operator] |
| 08-May-2024 09:34 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 08-May-2024 09:42 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
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