Woolfox Lodge - Woolfox Lodge

On April 7, 1942 at 02:38 AM, Woolfox Lodge - Woolfox Lodge experienced a crash involving Avro 679 Manchester, operated by Royal Air Force - RAF, with the event recorded near Tongeren Limburg.

The flight was categorized as bombing and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

7 people were known to be on board, 7 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 7, crew fatalities: 7, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is terrorism act, hijacking, sabotage. The aircraft left RAF Woolfox Lodge at 0035LT on April 7 on a bombing mission to Essen, Germany. While overflying Belgium by night, the aircraft was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter, dove into the ground and crashed in a field located in Piringen, some 3 km east of Tongeren. All seven crew members were killed. Crew (61st Squadron): F/Sgt Eric William Noble, pilot, Sgt Lloyd John Holmes Lincoln, pilot, Sgt Robert Eastwood Newton, observer, Sgt Kenneth Leyshon, wireless operator and air gunner, Sgt Donavan Peter George Kent, wireless operator and air gunner, Sgt Neville James Patton, air gunner, Sgt George Henry Walker, air gunner.

Aircraft reference details include registration L7470.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 50.7779°, 5.4797°.