Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III in Caudry: 7 killed
Date & Time:
Jul 9, 1943 at 0250 LT
Operator:
Registration:
ED720
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Syerston - Syerston
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Syerston at 2230LT on July 8 on an operation to Cologne. While returning to base the following night and passing over France, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Caudry. Seven crew members were killed and the bomb aimer became PoW.
Crew:
1st Lt Gene Rosner, pilot, †
P/O Geoffrey Francis Disbury, copilot, †
Sgt Edward William John Amor, flight engineer, †
Sgt Wilfred Bailey, navigator, †
Sgt Frederick Henry Smooker, bomb aimer,
Sgt Jack Hougham, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt James Reginald Calder, air gunner, †
F/Sgt Dalton Arnold Turner, air gunner. †
Crew:
1st Lt Gene Rosner, pilot, †
P/O Geoffrey Francis Disbury, copilot, †
Sgt Edward William John Amor, flight engineer, †
Sgt Wilfred Bailey, navigator, †
Sgt Frederick Henry Smooker, bomb aimer,
Sgt Jack Hougham, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt James Reginald Calder, air gunner, †
F/Sgt Dalton Arnold Turner, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
