Date & Time:
Sep 3, 1942 at 0308 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
W4136
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Syerston - Syerston
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 Syerston at 2310LT on September 2 on an operation to Karlsruhe. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea some 40 km off The Hague. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L Douglas Sinclair Forsyth, pilot,
P/O Alec Leonard Foster, flight engineer,
P/O Raymond Charles Taylor, navigator,
Sgt Thomas Amwyl Jeffries, bomb aimer,
P/O Herbert Orlando Peel, wireless operator,
Sgt Joseph Wright, air gunner,
P/O Charles Frederick Walter Underwood, air gunner.
Crew:
S/L Douglas Sinclair Forsyth, pilot,
P/O Alec Leonard Foster, flight engineer,
P/O Raymond Charles Taylor, navigator,
Sgt Thomas Amwyl Jeffries, bomb aimer,
P/O Herbert Orlando Peel, wireless operator,
Sgt Joseph Wright, air gunner,
P/O Charles Frederick Walter Underwood, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
