Date & Time:
Jun 12, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED537
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Langar - Langar
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 Langar at 2315LT on June 11 on an operation to Düsseldorf. It was probably shot down by a German fighter and is believed to have crashed into the North Sea 75 km west of Bergen aan Zee. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/Sgt John Herbert Elliott, pilot,
Sgt George John Morrice, flight engineer,
Sgt Roy Alan Stringer, navigator,
F/O Ian Lochiel McDonnell, bomb aimer,
Sgt Henry John Lygo, wireless operator,
Sgt David John Kingsnorth, air gunner,
F/Sgt Leon Eric Gordon Bishop, air gunner.
Crew:
F/Sgt John Herbert Elliott, pilot,
Sgt George John Morrice, flight engineer,
Sgt Roy Alan Stringer, navigator,
F/O Ian Lochiel McDonnell, bomb aimer,
Sgt Henry John Lygo, wireless operator,
Sgt David John Kingsnorth, air gunner,
F/Sgt Leon Eric Gordon Bishop, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
