Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I in Lippramsdorf

Date & Time: Sep 16, 1942 at 2311 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
L7571
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Bottesford - Bottesford
Location:
Lippramsdorf
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Bottesford in the evening on an operation to Essen. Approaching the target area from the north, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Lippramsdorf, some 30 km north of Essen. All seven crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Arthur Robert Barnett,
Sgt Ivan Frederick Betts,
F/Sgt John David Monroe Herron,
Sgt George Frederick Mountney,
Sgt James Duncan Nicholson,
Sgt Raymond Allen Stronger,
Sgt Gabriel Cochrane Williams.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Lippramsdorf: 4 killed

Date & Time: Oct 11, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AE144
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Coningsby - Coningsby
Location:
Lippramsdorf
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 0010LT on an operation to Essen. It was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Lippramsdorf. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O George Arthur Ormond Gordon, pilot,
Sgt Peter Richard Martin, observer,
Sgt William Herbert Arthur Everson, wireless operator,
Sgt Frank Morris, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.
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