Date & Time:
Jun 29, 1943 at 0256 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED307
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Dunholme Lodge - Dunholme Lodge
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 Dunholme Lodge at 2327LT on June 28 on an operation to Cologne. The following night, while returning to base and passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Nuenen, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Charles Vernon Leslie Hulbert, pilot,
Sgt Dennis Mansell Lewis, flight engineer,
Sgt Joshua Alan Sykes, navigator,
Sgt Arthur Tooth, navigator,
Sgt Thomas Rees Jones, wireless operator,
Sgt George Albert Denney, air gunner,
F/Sgt Patrick James Galligan, air gunner.
Crew:
Sgt Charles Vernon Leslie Hulbert, pilot,
Sgt Dennis Mansell Lewis, flight engineer,
Sgt Joshua Alan Sykes, navigator,
Sgt Arthur Tooth, navigator,
Sgt Thomas Rees Jones, wireless operator,
Sgt George Albert Denney, air gunner,
F/Sgt Patrick James Galligan, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
