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

Date & Time: Jun 17, 1943 at 0100 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED553
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Grimsby - Grimsby
Location:
Wommelgem
Antwerp
Country:
Belgium
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Grimsby at 2245LT on June 16 on an operation to Cologne. Passing over Belgium, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Wommelgem, 8 km east southeast of Antwerp. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Clifford Boughton, pilot,
Sgt Alfred John Banfield, flight engineer,
Sgt Douglas Hope Newton Slinger, navigator,
Sgt Cyril Claude Dabson, wireless operator,
Sgt George Taylor, bomb aimer,
Sgt Walter Ernest Barley, air gunner,
Sgt James Walker, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Wommelgem: 2 killed

Date & Time: Aug 12, 1942 at 0305 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
W1061
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Middleton Saint George - Middleton Saint George
Location:
Wommelgem
Antwerp
Country:
Belgium
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Middleton St George at 2137LT on August 11 on an operation to Mainz. While returning to base, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Wommelgem, west of Antwerp. Two crew were killed, four became PoW and one evaded.
Crew:
W/O William Everett Lunan, pilot, †
Sgt Francis Alfred Scotland, flight engineer, †
Sgt John Randall Dickinson,
Sgt John Kingsley Howes,
F/Sgt Leslie Charles Jupp,
Sgt John Hugh Wyatt,
F/Sgt A. E. Fay.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
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