Accident Avro Lancaster Mk III ME564,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 174364
 
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Date:Thursday 4 May 1944
Time:night
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk III
Owner/operator:101 Sqn RAF
Registration: ME564
MSN: SR-Z
Fatalities:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 8
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Aubeterre, Aube département -   France
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Ludford Magna
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Crew:-

Pilot : F/L John Alexander Keard RAFVR 82700 (NCO:745305) [Killed]
F/E : Sgt Reginald Webster RAF 617945 [Killed]
Nav : F/O Arthur Melvin Shannon RCAF J/23708 [Killed]
B/A : F/S John Robinson Spowart RAFVR 1485060 [Killed]
W/Op/AG : Sgt Robert John Crawford RAFVR 1515079 [Killed]
SEO : P/O David Carruthers Fraser RAFVR 171020 (NCO:1823263) [Killed]
M/U : Sgt Arthur Clarence RAFVR 1568239 [Killed]
R/G : Sgt Jack Edwin Worsfold RAF 1894745 [PoW]

Shot down by German flak during mission Mailly-le-Camp.

Sources:

http://www.moseleians.co.uk/roll-of-honour-2/
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=906
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
09-Mar-2015 13:48 gerard57 Added
02-Jun-2015 13:47 BlB Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport]
11-Jun-2016 22:33 Red Dragon Updated [Cn, Operator, Destination airport]
09-Oct-2018 05:30 Nepa Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator]
18-May-2021 17:21 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Source]
03-May-2022 07:12 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative]

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