ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 199340
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| Date: | Sunday 13 February 1944 |
| Time: | 08:30 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster B Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 617 (Dambusters) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DV382 |
| MSN: | KC-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | hillside near Duncton, Petworth, West Sussex, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Ford, West Sussex |
| RAF Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire |
On Saturday morning this aircraft took off at 08:20 LT for a transit flight to RAF Woodhall Spa. Weather conditions were featuring low cloud and poor visibility. The aircraft flew into a hillside near Duncton.
Seven occupants died in the crash. The 24-year old pilot was injured but succumbed to his wounds two days later. On board were five highly decorated RAF members, of whom two were Squadron Leaders.
Crew:-
Pilot : Squadron Leader William Reid Suggitt RCAF J/15131 [Fatal Injury]
Flight Engineer : Flight Sergeant John Pulford RAF 652403 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Norman James Davidson RCAF J/22514 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer John Irvine Gordon RAAF Aus/412218 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Flying Officer Stanley George Hall RAAF Aus/411775 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant John Paul Riches RAFVR 1390921 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flying Officer John McBride Dempster RCAF J/17206 [Killed]
Intelligence : Squadron Leader Thomas Williams Lloyd RAFVR 84133 : Commission Gazetted Friday 20 September, 1940) [Killed]
Associated : Mr George Scutt Civilian, who was first on the scene and was awarded King's Commendation. He was a tractor driver at Duncton Hill Farm.
John Pulford DFM had been Guy Gibson's f/e on the Dams Raid; DFM Gazetted 28-May-43. Also aboard was S/L Tommy Lloyd DSO, Intelligence Officer, who had served with the RFC during the First World War and who at 52 was the oldest member of Bomber Command to be killed in 1944.
Sources:
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/suggitt-william.html
https://www.tracesofwar.com/sights/21163/Plaque-Crashes-Upwaltham-Church.htm
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Sep-2017 14:18 | gerard57 | Added |
| 09-Oct-2018 18:02 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 13-Feb-2019 19:02 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Feb-2019 19:05 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 13-Feb-2024 07:42 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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