Lancaster Bomber ED393 VN-K - Canal Head, UK
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N 53° 54.960 W 000° 47.024
30U E 645556 N 5976451
This simple marker stone marks the spot where Lancaster Bomber ED393 VN-K crashed during the Second World wat at the end of the Pocklington Canal just outside Pocklington.
Waymark Code: WM13AGF
Location: Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 10/26/2020
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member pmaupin
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The crash site plaque is next to the car park situated at the very end of the Pocklington Canal.
ON 27th NOVEMBER 1943 AT 02:15
LANCASTER BOMBER ED 393 VN-K
CRASHED NEAR THIS SPOT.
AIRBORNE FROM SKELLINGTHORPE FOR BERLIN AT 17:08
BUT DIVERTED ON ITS RETURN DUE TO FOG,
FIRST TO MELBOURNE AND THEN POCKLINGTON
BEFORE RUNNING OUT OF FUEL, STRIKING TREES, A FARMHOUSE
AND CRASHING INTO INGS HOUSE.

JOSEPH WATSON THOMPSON
JOHN RALPH CONLON
STANLEY CHAPMAN
REGINALD WALTER LAWS
ALLAN DOUGLAS SPIERS
SGT. C. B. CORBETT
SGT. T. A. WYLLIE

Mrs GERTRUDE BIRD
Mr PERCY PAULUCY HOPKINSON    		(PILOT) 20 - KIA
(AIR BOMBER) 21 - KIA
(NAVIGATOR) 22 - KIA
(AIR GUNNER) 20 - KIA
(AIR GUNNER) 29 - KIA
INJURED
INJURED

69 - KILLED
41 - KILLED


DEDICATED TO THEIR MEMORY BY
HH CHARLIE ROSS
WITNESS AND SON OF
ONE OF THE RESCUERS
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Date of Crash: 11/27/1943

Aircraft Model: Lancaster Bomber

Military or Civilian: Military

Tail Number: ED393 VN-K

Cause of Crash:
Bad visibility due to Fog
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