ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 162884
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| Date: | Wednesday 22 December 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 207 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DV361 |
| MSN: | EM-V |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Brigstock, Northamptonshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Spilsby in Lincolnshire |
RAF men Sergeant Thomas Higgins, 23, and 19-year-old Sergeant George Clark O’Neill, as well as 20-year-old Flight Sergeant Cecil Ernest Ryall of the Royal Australian Air Force, died when their aircraft crashed near Brigstock on December 22, 1943.
A fire had broken out in its engine, and the three men were trapped by a jammed rear door.
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=DV361
For a more complete story see http://www.ditc.net.au/reading/irony_of_war/irony_of_wartext.htm
Sources:
http://www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/community/retro/second-world-war-plane-crash-which-almost-wiped-out-village-1-5767747
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=DV361
http://www.ditc.net.au/reading/irony_of_war/irony_of_wartext.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Dec-2013 19:10 | gerard57 | Added |
| 21-Dec-2018 21:24 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2018 21:36 | TigerTimon | Updated [Nature] |
| 24-Dec-2018 09:03 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 22-Jul-2020 06:42 | Craig Vernon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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