Date:	Monday 16 November 1942
Time:	04:00
Type:	Avro Lancaster Mk I
Owner/operator:	101 Sqn RAF
Registration:	W4326
MSN:	SR-C
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Dolwen Hill, Llanerfyl, near Welshpool -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, East Yorkshire
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Lancaster B.Mk.I W4326 "SR-C" of 101 Squadron, RAF: crashed on 16/11/42. A photo flash device exploded in the fuselage and the aircraft came down at Dolwen Hill, Llanerfyl, near Welshpool. All seven occupants died in the crash.

Crew:
Pilot: R/88087 Warrant Officer Class II James William Spinney (RCAF)
Observer: 412468 Sergeant Henry William Amner Collett (RNZAF)
Observer: 1382363 Sergeant Christopher Leonard Coleman (RAFVR)
Flight Engineer: 1151322 Sergeant Stuart Robertson Clarke (RAFVR)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: R/84216 Flight Sergeant Jay Randall Gould (RCAF)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 933068 Sergeant Alfred Ernest Beach (RAFVR)
Air Gunner: 1600384 Sergeant Derek Alfred James Holloway (RAFVR)

1. Aircraft Wrecks: The Walker's Guide : Historic Crash Sites on the Moors By Nick Wotherspoon, Alan Clark, Mark Sheldon page 46
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1942_in_Wales
3. https://peakwreckhunters.blogspot.com/2009/01/avro-lancaster-mk-i-w4326-charlie.html
4. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1427077
5. https://peakwreckhunters.blogspot.com/2008/12/avro-lancaster-mk-i-w4326-charlie.html
6. https://www.tracesofwar.com/sights/18817/Crash-Site-en-Wreckage-Lancaster-Bomber-Dolwen.htm
7. http://restorebike.co.uk/Raysnet/
8. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=W4326
9. http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=w4326&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
10. Accident report from Sgt Gould's personnel file RCAF/DND Canada archives

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
20-Oct-2017 12:23	gerard57	Added
10-Oct-2018 00:57	Dr.John Smith	Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
14-Oct-2018 16:54	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator]
09-Oct-2022 14:59	tachel	Updated [Source, Narrative]
09-Oct-2022 15:00	tachel	Updated [Narrative]
09-Oct-2022 15:01	tachel	Updated [Cn]
09-Oct-2022 15:51	tachel	Updated [Time, Source]
09-Oct-2022 16:15	tachel	Updated [Narrative]