Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I in Grønhøj: 7 killed
Date & Time:
Sep 25, 1942 at 0213 LT
Operator:
Registration:
R5679
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Syerston - Syerston
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Syerston at 1950LT on September 24 on a mine laying operation. Over Denmark, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Grønhøj, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Lewis Wilson Morrison, pilot,
Sgt Cedric Nils Coldicott, flight engineer,
F/Sgt John Alvin Duffield, navigator,
Sgt Alexander McGee Cormack, bomb aimer,
Sgt Edwin Dyson, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas Ralph Bevan, air gunner,
Sgt William Young Emerslund, air gunner.
Crew:
Sgt Lewis Wilson Morrison, pilot,
Sgt Cedric Nils Coldicott, flight engineer,
F/Sgt John Alvin Duffield, navigator,
Sgt Alexander McGee Cormack, bomb aimer,
Sgt Edwin Dyson, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas Ralph Bevan, air gunner,
Sgt William Young Emerslund, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
