Date & Time:
Dec 20, 1942 at 2111 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
R5512
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
City
Schedule:
Woodhall Spa - Woodhall Spa
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
7
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Woodhall Spa at 1808LT on an operation to Duisburg. Over Amsterdam, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Amsterdam Noord. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O William Norman Eales, pilot,
Sgt James Donald, flight engineer,
Sgt Sydney Victor Deed, navigator,
P/O Milton Alexander Harper, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Arthur Mortimer, wireless operator,
Sgt Roy Henry Bambury, air gunner,
Sgt George Henderson, air gunner.
Crew:
F/O William Norman Eales, pilot,
Sgt James Donald, flight engineer,
Sgt Sydney Victor Deed, navigator,
P/O Milton Alexander Harper, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Arthur Mortimer, wireless operator,
Sgt Roy Henry Bambury, air gunner,
Sgt George Henderson, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
