Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I in Homberg: 7 killed
Date & Time:
Jun 2, 1942 at 0207 LT
Operator:
Registration:
R5844
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Coningsby - Coningsby
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Coninsgby at 0045LT on an operation to Essen. Approaching Duisburg, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Homberg, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O John Allan Worswick, pilot,
Sgt Robert Issac Hart, pilot,
W/O George Robson, observer,
P/O Alfred George Bake, wireless operator,
Sgt John Downie Brown, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas Ernest Hodgson, air gunner,
Sgt William Lewis Lambert, air gunner.
Crew:
P/O John Allan Worswick, pilot,
Sgt Robert Issac Hart, pilot,
W/O George Robson, observer,
P/O Alfred George Bake, wireless operator,
Sgt John Downie Brown, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas Ernest Hodgson, air gunner,
Sgt William Lewis Lambert, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
