Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I in Wedel: 7 killed

Date & Time: Mar 3, 1943 at 2115 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED365
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Langar - Langar
Location:
Wedel
Schleswig-Holstein
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Langar at 1900LT on an operation to Hamburg. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Wedel, some 18 km west of Hamburg. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Peter Evison, pilot,
Sgt Raymond Walter Ernest Holley, flight engineer,
F/O Bernard Johnson, navigator,
W/O William Victor Wallace, wireless operator,
Sgt Lewis Reginald Thompson, air gunner,
W/O William Edward Cain, air gunner,
F/Sgt Melville George Delatorre.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Wedel: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jul 17, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 416 Wellington IC
Operator:
Registration:
R1495
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Snaith - Snaith
Location:
Wedel
Schleswig-Holstein
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Snaith at 2215LT on July 16 on an operation to Hamburg. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Wedel, about 20 km northwest of Hamburg. Five crew members were killed and a sixth was rescued and became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Edward Bethridge-Topp, pilot, †
Sgt Alan Richard Harris, pilot, †
P/O Keith Fereday Glenn, observer, †
Sgt Robert Alfred Galbraith, wireless operator, †
Sgt William Ronald Norman, wireless operator, †
P/O Kenneth Charles Edwards.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.
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