Date & Time:
Jun 15, 1943 at 0132 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
W4992
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Wickenby - Wickenby
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
6
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Wickenby at 2313LT on June 14 on an operation to Oberhausen. Over Düsseldorf, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Stockum, south of the airport. Six crew members were killed and one became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt William John Tucker, pilot, †
Sgt Reginald Fletcher, flight engineer, †
P/O Kenneth Truelove, navigator,
Sgt John Johnston Simpson, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Brinley Oliver Davies, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Frank Gordon McKay, air gunner, †
Sgt Thomas Carter, air gunner. †
Crew:
F/Sgt William John Tucker, pilot, †
Sgt Reginald Fletcher, flight engineer, †
P/O Kenneth Truelove, navigator,
Sgt John Johnston Simpson, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Brinley Oliver Davies, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Frank Gordon McKay, air gunner, †
Sgt Thomas Carter, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
