Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III in Meeuwen: 7 killed
Date & Time:
Jun 15, 1943 at 0112 LT
Operator:
Registration:
LM324
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Binbrook - Binbrook
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Binbrook at 2254LT on June 14 on an operation to Oberhausen. Passing over Belgium, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Meeuwen, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/O William James Dennett, pilot,
Sgt Reginald Ernest Watson, flight engineer,
F/O William Edward Emery,
F/O Alfred Charles Ronald Flashman,
F/Sgt Thomas Williams,
Sgt Ernest Anthony Bogle, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Doric Phillip Birk, air gunner.
Crew:
F/O William James Dennett, pilot,
Sgt Reginald Ernest Watson, flight engineer,
F/O William Edward Emery,
F/O Alfred Charles Ronald Flashman,
F/Sgt Thomas Williams,
Sgt Ernest Anthony Bogle, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Doric Phillip Birk, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
