Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster in III in Oostmalle: 7 killed
Date & Time:
May 12, 1944
Operator:
Registration:
ND700
Survivors:
No
YOM:
1944
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
While flying northeast of Antwerp, the aircraft was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter and crashed in a field located in Oostmalle, east of Malle. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew (103rd Squadron):
W/C Hubert Reginald Goodman, pilot,
F/S Gilbert Harry Agar, navigator,
Sgt Clifford Leslie Finighan, wireless operator and air gunner,
P/O Philip Dennis Vickers, flight engineer,
F/O William Lorme Vanderdasson, bomber,
F/S Richard White,air gunner,
F/O Roy McLeod, air gunner.
Crew (103rd Squadron):
W/C Hubert Reginald Goodman, pilot,
F/S Gilbert Harry Agar, navigator,
Sgt Clifford Leslie Finighan, wireless operator and air gunner,
P/O Philip Dennis Vickers, flight engineer,
F/O William Lorme Vanderdasson, bomber,
F/S Richard White,air gunner,
F/O Roy McLeod, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
