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Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III in Vlodrop: 7 killed

Date & Time: May 26, 1943 at 0136 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
LM320
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Grimsby - Grimsby
Location:
Vlodrop
Limburg
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Grimsby at 2323LT on May 25 on an operation to Düsseldorf. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Vlodrop, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
S/L Philip Raymond Turgel, pilot,
P/O Ian Archer Wynn, flight engineer,
F/O Henry Neville Petts, navigator,
F/O James Murray Marnoch, wireless operator,
F/O Gordon Russell, bomb aimer,
F/O Dennis Harvey, air gunner,
Sgt John Hudson, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III near Vlodrop: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jul 22, 1942 at 0155 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
X3561
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Marham - Marham
Location:
Vlodrop
Limburg
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Marham at 2344LT on July 21 on an operation to Duisburg. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near Vlodrop. Three crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Malcolm Leslie Freegard, pilot,
W/O George Vincent Cyril Booth, observer, †
F/Sgt Warnford Francis Victor Pink, wireless operator, †
Sgt John S. Munro, air gunner, †
Sgt William George Rogers, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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