Main Image - 97 Squadron Avro Lincoln (A.R.Society Archives)
REASON FOR LOSS:
Aircraft dived into the ground, out of control, whilst on Night Navigational Exercise (routed Hemswell-Cherbourg (France)-Hemswell). It is believed to have lost control or broken up when flying in a heavy cu-nimbus cloud as it crossed the Norfolk coast near Great Yarmouth…but evidence was inconclusive. All nine crew were killed:
Burial Details:
All the crew except Roy Trundle, who is buried in Lowestoft cemetery, were interred in Caister cemetery.
Page research by David King 2008.
Page reconstructed and updated August 2025 by Alexander D King.
