Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III near Lüdinghausen: 7 killed

Date & Time: Jun 26, 1943 at 0122 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
LM318
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Ludford Magna - Ludford Magna
Location:
Lüdinghausen
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Ludford Magna in the evening of June 25 on an operation to Gelsenkirchen. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed southeast of Lüdinghausen, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Sgt George Hay, pilot,
Sgt William Alfred Bush, flight engineer,
Sgt Farquhar MacLeay, navigator,
F/Sgt Henry Keith Smith, bomb aimer,
Sgt Bertram Leslie Scott, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Frederick Lewis Ian Hill, air gunner,
Sgt Thomas Desmond Millns, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I near Lüdinghausen: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jun 26, 1943 at 0116 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED528
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Elsham Wolds - Elsham Wolds
Location:
Lüdinghausen
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Elsham Wolds at 2242LT on June 25 on an operation to Gelsenkirchen. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed 2 km north of Lüdinghausen. Four crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Allan Ernest Egan, pilot,
Sgt John Smith Johnston, flight engineer,
P/O Stanley Brown Elliott, navigator, †
F/Sgt William Miller, bomb aimer,
Sgt James Brown, wireless operator, †
Sgt Charles Alfred Britton, air gunner, †
Sgt Harold Alfred Horrell, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
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