Date & Time:
Jun 26, 1943 at 0106 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
W4367
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 2245LT on June 25 on an operation to Gelsenkirchen. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the IJsselmeer some 20 km northwest of Hardewijk. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Peter John Page, pilot,
Sgt Edward Ernest Tyler, flight engineer,
F/Sgt James Hancock, navigator,
F/Sgt John Macmillan, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Joseph Pass, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Hiram Edwin Davies, air gunner,
F/Sgt John Charles Welch, air gunner.
Crew:
P/O Peter John Page, pilot,
Sgt Edward Ernest Tyler, flight engineer,
F/Sgt James Hancock, navigator,
F/Sgt John Macmillan, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Joseph Pass, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Hiram Edwin Davies, air gunner,
F/Sgt John Charles Welch, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
