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Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I off Workum: 7 killed

Date & Time: Mar 26, 1943 at 2150 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED354
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Breighton - Breighton
Location:
Workum
Friesland
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 1954LT on an operation to Duisburg. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the IJsselmeer some 3 km southwest of Workum. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Robinson Edward Wilson, pilot,
Sgt Frederick Vaughan Harrison, flight engineer,
Sgt Douglas John Cooper, navigator,
Sgt Patrick James Haseman, bomb aimer,
P/O Charles Orfeur Bramham, wireless operator,
Sgt Henry David Brown, air gunner,
Sgt Neville Alfred Lever, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC off Workum: 1 killed

Date & Time: Aug 15, 1941 at 0320 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R1016
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Snaith - Snaith
Location:
Workum
Friesland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Snaith at 2145LT on August 14 on an operation to Hanover. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by the German Flak. The starboard engine caught fire and the airplane was ditched in the IJsselmeer off Workum. The pilot was killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Henry Harvey Molyneux Barton, pilot, †
Sgt Cyril Davies,
Sgt Herbert Dodsworth,
Sgt James Douglas Elder,
Sgt Ernest William McConchie,
Sgt John William Whittingham.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
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