ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 21440
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| Date: | Friday 20 March 1942 |
| Time: | 15:00 |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 97 (The Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L7570 |
| MSN: | OF-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Freiston Beach, 4 miles E of Boston, Lincolnshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire |
| RAF Woodhall Spa |
Airborne for mine-laying sortie off the Frisian Islands (Nectarines Area). Visibility was poor with extremely low cloud at the time and as the heavily laden Lancaster flew low with the crew map-reading before flying on instruments, it broke cloud over Boston. Its trailing aerial grazed the roof of a house. This resulted in a crash landing. The crew escaped injury, & although little damaged, the Lancaster was swamped by incoming tide. The aircraft was subsequently recovered once the load of sea-mines had been removed.
Note. This was the first operational loss of a Lancaster since the type entered Bomber Command service in late December 1941.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Edward Ernest (Eric) Rodley DSO DFC AFC RAFVR 61472 (NCO:740273 : Commission Gazetted Friday 28 March, 1941)
2nd Pilot : Pilot Officer "Junior" Colquhoun RCAF
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Ernest Merralls RAFVR 12102334
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Jack Crisp RAF [Injured]
Sergeant "Scottie" Cummings RAF
Sergeant Healey RAF
Sergeant Ratcliffe RAF
The tail and rear fuselage of this Lancaster are now at former RAF East Kirkby, at the Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999
Bomber Command Losses 1942 - Amendments.
http://www.bcar.org.uk/new1942-incident-logs
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 25 August 1942 | R5537 | 97 (The Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF | 7 | off the Antwerpsesteenweg, Malle, Antwerp |  |
w/o |
| 17 December 1942 | ED333 | 97 (Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF | 7 | Noordoostpolder, 4 km E of Urk, Overijssel |  |
w/o |
| 23 June 1943 | ED928 | 97 (Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF | 5 | Kapelstraat / Goedestraat, Utrecht | |
w/o |
| 15 March 1944 | JB361 | 97 (The Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF | 7 | Zillhausen, Balingen, Baden-Württemberg |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Jun-2008 07:23 | JINX | Added |
| 11-Mar-2010 21:26 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Date, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Jun-2013 13:40 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 18-Aug-2013 19:35 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Source] |
| 17-Nov-2017 21:47 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Nov-2018 15:15 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 12-May-2019 17:13 | Steve Lanc | Updated [Narrative] |
| 22-Dec-2019 09:41 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 10-Mar-2022 20:47 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Mar-2024 07:38 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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