Date & Time:
May 30, 1943 at 0237 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
W4838
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Country:
Belgium
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
4
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Waddington at 2240LT on May 29 on an operation to Wuppertal. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Linde. Four crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O David William Erickson, pilot, †
Sgt John Grant, flight engineer,
Sgt Leonard Davies, navigator,
Sgt Cecil Rees, bomb aimer,
Sgt George Edward Chadfield, wireless operator, †
Sgt Edward Alec Thompson, air gunner, †
Sgt Robert Albert Francis Woods, air gunner. †
Crew:
P/O David William Erickson, pilot, †
Sgt John Grant, flight engineer,
Sgt Leonard Davies, navigator,
Sgt Cecil Rees, bomb aimer,
Sgt George Edward Chadfield, wireless operator, †
Sgt Edward Alec Thompson, air gunner, †
Sgt Robert Albert Francis Woods, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
