Date & Time:
Jun 12, 1943 at 0202 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED357
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Mildenhall - Mildenhall
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
5
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall at 2240LT on June 11 on an operation to Düsseldorf. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the IJsselmeer 10 km north of Hardewijk. Five crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Daniel McNicol Thomson, pilot, †
Sgt James Leslie Osborne, flight engineer, †
Sgt Kenneth Bowes, navigator, †
Sgt William Middleton Ward, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Douglas Noel Campbell, wireless operator, †
Sgt William Thomas Pingle, air gunner,
Sgt Clarence Wesley Albert Sparling, air gunner.
Crew:
F/Sgt Daniel McNicol Thomson, pilot, †
Sgt James Leslie Osborne, flight engineer, †
Sgt Kenneth Bowes, navigator, †
Sgt William Middleton Ward, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Douglas Noel Campbell, wireless operator, †
Sgt William Thomas Pingle, air gunner,
Sgt Clarence Wesley Albert Sparling, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
