Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III in Bracht: 7 killed
Date & Time:
Jun 15, 1943 at 0115 LT
Registration:
ED612
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Elsham Wolds - Elsham Wolds
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Elsham Wolds at 2213LT on June 14 on an operation to Oberhausen. Approaching Mönchengladbach, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Bracht, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Lt Alan Mckeand Brown, pilot,
Sgt Edgar Harry Morley, flight engineer,
Sgt John Greenway, navigator,
F/O Herbert Frank Lewis, navigator,
Sgt Jack Cliffe, air gunner,
F/Sgt Eusebins William O'Connell, air gunner,
Sgt James Harold Saville, air gunner.
Crew:
F/Lt Alan Mckeand Brown, pilot,
Sgt Edgar Harry Morley, flight engineer,
Sgt John Greenway, navigator,
F/O Herbert Frank Lewis, navigator,
Sgt Jack Cliffe, air gunner,
F/Sgt Eusebins William O'Connell, air gunner,
Sgt James Harold Saville, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.