Date & Time:
Apr 17, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
L7565
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
7
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 1512LT on an operation to Augsburg. Passing over France, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in an open field located in Le Tilleul-Lambert. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O John Frank Beckett, pilot,
Sgt Brian Douglas Moss, pilot,
F/Sgt Alfred Edgar Ross, observer,
Sgt John Henry Hackett, wireless operator,
Sgt Brydon George Seagoe, wireless operator,
Sgt Richard Lattimore Trustram, wireless operator,
Sgt Alfred James Harrison, air gunner.
Crew:
P/O John Frank Beckett, pilot,
Sgt Brian Douglas Moss, pilot,
F/Sgt Alfred Edgar Ross, observer,
Sgt John Henry Hackett, wireless operator,
Sgt Brydon George Seagoe, wireless operator,
Sgt Richard Lattimore Trustram, wireless operator,
Sgt Alfred James Harrison, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
