Date & Time:
Jul 9, 1943 at 0130 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
R5573
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Syerston - Syerston
Country:
Belgium
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 2230LT on July 8 on an operation to Cologne. While returning to base the following night and passing over Belgium, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Oupeye, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Sgt Kenneth Hector Wally McLean, pilot,
Sgt Samuel Leigh, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Donald Hugh McLeod, navigator,
Sgt Reginald William Lingfield Muir, bomb aimer,
Sgt Ronald Charles Barrett, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Leslie Ronald Johnson, air gunner,
Sgt Edward Hannell, air gunner.
Crew:
F/Sgt Kenneth Hector Wally McLean, pilot,
Sgt Samuel Leigh, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Donald Hugh McLeod, navigator,
Sgt Reginald William Lingfield Muir, bomb aimer,
Sgt Ronald Charles Barrett, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Leslie Ronald Johnson, air gunner,
Sgt Edward Hannell, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
