Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I in Bedburdyck: 7 killed
Date & Time:
Jan 23, 1943
Operator:
Registration:
ED386
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Wickenby - Wickenby
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Wickenby at 1725LT on an operation to Düsseldorf. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Bedburdyck, 19 km southwest of Düsseldorf. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Thomas Frank Dimmock, pilot,
Sgt Roy Percival, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Gordon Ernest Campbell, navigator,
Sgt Henry Dennis Dawes, bomb aimer,
F/O Malcolm Wilfred Baxter, wireless operator,
Sgt Arthur Sanderson Blagden, air gunner,
Sgt Jack Dale Perrett, air gunner.
Crew:
F/Sgt Thomas Frank Dimmock, pilot,
Sgt Roy Percival, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Gordon Ernest Campbell, navigator,
Sgt Henry Dennis Dawes, bomb aimer,
F/O Malcolm Wilfred Baxter, wireless operator,
Sgt Arthur Sanderson Blagden, air gunner,
Sgt Jack Dale Perrett, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.
