Crash of an AVro 683 Lancaster III in Barlo: 7 killed
Date & Time:
May 28, 1943 at 0038 LT
Operator:
Registration:
ED504
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Bottesford - Bottesford
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Bottesford at 2159LT on May 27 on an operation to Essen. Flying north of Bocholt, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Barlo, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Lt John Matthew Desmond, pilot,
Sgt Edward Strangways Davis, flight engineer,
P/O George Cribbin, navigator,
P/O John Norman Lockwood, bomb aimer,
W/O George Frederick Paddon, wireless operator,
F/O Cuthbert Keith Cazaly, air gunner,
P/O John Richard Ryalls, air gunner.
Crew:
F/Lt John Matthew Desmond, pilot,
Sgt Edward Strangways Davis, flight engineer,
P/O George Cribbin, navigator,
P/O John Norman Lockwood, bomb aimer,
W/O George Frederick Paddon, wireless operator,
F/O Cuthbert Keith Cazaly, air gunner,
P/O John Richard Ryalls, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
