Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I in Bordesholm: 7 killed
Date & Time:
Apr 4, 1943 at 2326 LT
Operator:
Registration:
W4310
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Breighton - Breighton
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Breighton at 2052LT on an operation to Kiel. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Bordesholm, 17 km south southwest of Kiel. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Kay Moore, pilot,
Sgt Harry Lloyd, flight engineer,
F/O Bruce Kinley Rust, navigator,
P/O John Gordon Lee, bomb aimer,
W/O Ronald Gooding, wireless operator,
W/O Walter Boscawen Ranclaud, air gunner,
F/Sgt Robert Frederick Cooksey, air gunner.
Crew:
F/O Kay Moore, pilot,
Sgt Harry Lloyd, flight engineer,
F/O Bruce Kinley Rust, navigator,
P/O John Gordon Lee, bomb aimer,
W/O Ronald Gooding, wireless operator,
W/O Walter Boscawen Ranclaud, air gunner,
F/Sgt Robert Frederick Cooksey, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
