Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III into the North Sea: 8 killed
Date & Time:
Jun 22, 1943
Registration:
LM330
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Dunholme Lodge - Dunholme Lodge
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
8
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Dunholme Lodge at 2350LT on June 21 on an operation to Krefeld. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O H. C. Thompson, pilot,
Sgt N. England
Sgt L. A. Harrison,
Sgt L. R. McGrath,
Sgt N. Metcalfe,
Sgt S. D. Mindel
P/O L. S. Welsh,
Sgt J. H. Arlow, air gunner.
Crew:
P/O H. C. Thompson, pilot,
Sgt N. England
Sgt L. A. Harrison,
Sgt L. R. McGrath,
Sgt N. Metcalfe,
Sgt S. D. Mindel
P/O L. S. Welsh,
Sgt J. H. Arlow, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.