Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I in Grafhorst: 6 killed
Date & Time:
Jun 13, 1943 at 0123 LT
Operator:
Registration:
W4316
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Binbrook - Binbrook
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Binbrook at 2310LT on June 12 on an operation to Bochum. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Grafhorst, 3 km northeast of Kampen. Six crew members were killed and one became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Ronald Oliver Vaughan, pilot, †
Sgt Leonard Frederick Charles Day, flight engineer, †
F/Sgt David Crawford Paterson Lundie, navigator, †
F/O Charles William Ross Young, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Dennis Arthur Thomas, wireless operator, †
Sgt John Carlyle Cornish, air gunner,
F/Sgt Andrew Gordon, air gunner. †
Crew:
Sgt Ronald Oliver Vaughan, pilot, †
Sgt Leonard Frederick Charles Day, flight engineer, †
F/Sgt David Crawford Paterson Lundie, navigator, †
F/O Charles William Ross Young, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Dennis Arthur Thomas, wireless operator, †
Sgt John Carlyle Cornish, air gunner,
F/Sgt Andrew Gordon, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
