Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III in Oeffelt: 7 killed
Date & Time:
Jun 22, 1943 at 0123 LT
Operator:
Registration:
ED997
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Wyton - Wyton
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Wyton at 2308LT on June 21 on an operation to Krefeld. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Oeffelt. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Dennis Walter Cleveland Fletcher, pilot,
Sgt Eric Lidster, flight engineer,
P/O Leonard Arthur Charles Angell, navigator,
Sgt Albert Ernest McWilliam, bomb aimer,
Sgt Leonard Victor Tanner, wireless operator,
Sgt Ralph Metcalfe, air gunner,
F/Sgt Gordon Conrad Wickson, air gunner.
Crew:
F/Sgt Dennis Walter Cleveland Fletcher, pilot,
Sgt Eric Lidster, flight engineer,
P/O Leonard Arthur Charles Angell, navigator,
Sgt Albert Ernest McWilliam, bomb aimer,
Sgt Leonard Victor Tanner, wireless operator,
Sgt Ralph Metcalfe, air gunner,
F/Sgt Gordon Conrad Wickson, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
