Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III in Cassolnovo: 7 killed
Date & Time:
Jul 17, 1943 at 0400 LT
Operator:
Registration:
DV183
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Langar - Langar
YOM:
1943
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Aircraft flight hours:
30
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Langar at 2232LT on July 16 to attack a transformer station in Cislago, north of Milan. It was shot down by an Italian fighter (DO.217) and crashed in Cassolnovo, killing the entire crew.
Crew (207 Sq):
P/O Leslie E. Stubbs, pilot, †
Sgt Ronald C. Mitchell, flight engineer, †
F/O Arthur H. Coates, navigator, †
Sgt Eric Mawson, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Eric Morris, wireless operator,
P/O Russell Max Furman, air gunner, †
Sgt William O'Brien, air gunner. †
Crew (207 Sq):
P/O Leslie E. Stubbs, pilot, †
Sgt Ronald C. Mitchell, flight engineer, †
F/O Arthur H. Coates, navigator, †
Sgt Eric Mawson, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Eric Morris, wireless operator,
P/O Russell Max Furman, air gunner, †
Sgt William O'Brien, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by an Italian fighter.
