Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III in Broich: 2 killed
Date & Time:
Jun 17, 1943 at 0120 LT
Operator:
Registration:
ED907
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Wyton - Wyton
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Wyton at 2307LT on June 16 on an operation to Cologne. North of Jülich, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Broich. Two crew members were killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Charles Murray, pilot, †
Sgt Frederick William Brown,
Sgt Dennis Chapman,
F/O Kenneth Francis East,
Sgt Jack Holt,
Sgt Raymond Douglas Prichard, air gunner,
F/O John Galloway Mackay, air gunner. †
Crew:
P/O Charles Murray, pilot, †
Sgt Frederick William Brown,
Sgt Dennis Chapman,
F/O Kenneth Francis East,
Sgt Jack Holt,
Sgt Raymond Douglas Prichard, air gunner,
F/O John Galloway Mackay, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
