Accident Lancaster I W4175,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 318434
 
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Date:Tuesday 30 March 1943
Time:04:45
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Lancaster I
Owner/operator:Royal Air Force
Registration: W4175
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Coningsby, Lincolnshire -   United Kingdom
Phase: Approach
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Woodhall Spa
Destination airport:
Narrative:
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

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
28-Jul-2023 14:41 temptage Added
29-Mar-2024 08:05 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative]

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