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Gelderland

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I in Lievelde: 7 killed

Date & Time: Mar 30, 1943 at 0446 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED391
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Breighton - Breighton
Location:
Lievelde
Gelderland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Breighton at 2145LT on March 29 on an operation to Berlin. While returning to base the following morning, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Lievelde. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt David Harold Victor Charlick, pilot,
F/Sgt Eric Neil Cooper,
F/Sgt Gordon Vivian Hampton, air gunner.
F/O Thomas Hector McNeill,
Sgt Percy Perry, flight engineer,
Sgt William Patrick Delaney Chapman, air gunner,
F/O Francis James Falkenmire.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III in Lievelde: 7 killed

Date & Time: Mar 30, 1943 at 0427 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED596
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Syerston - Syerston
Location:
Lievelde
Gelderland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Syerston at 2125LT on March 29 on an operation to Berlin. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Lievelde. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L Eric Lewis Hayward, pilot,
Sgt George William Frederick Baker, flight engineer,
F/Lt John Oswald Young, navigator,
P/O Alexander Urquhart, bomb aimer,
P/O Eric Harry Mantle, wireless operator,
P/O Geoffrey Victor Pryor, air gunner,
Sgt Dennis Brown, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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