Date & Time:
Jul 9, 1943 at 0038 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED947
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Scampton – Scampton
Country:
Belgium
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
0
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Scampton at 2316LT on July 8 on an operation to Cologne. Outbound, it crashed for unknown reasons in Evergem. Moments before the crash, the bomb load was jettisoned and this fell on the village of Oosteeklo. All seven crew members parachuted to safety and became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Hilary Clayton Lewis, pilot,
Sgt John Sydney Yeeles, flight engineer,
Sgt John Richard Twigg, navigator,
Sgt William Henry Bailey, bomb aimer,
Sgt Joseph Alfred Hodgson, wireless operator,
Sgt James Gilbert Stevenson, air gunner,
Sgt Howard Dewar, air gunner.
Crew:
Sgt Hilary Clayton Lewis, pilot,
Sgt John Sydney Yeeles, flight engineer,
Sgt John Richard Twigg, navigator,
Sgt William Henry Bailey, bomb aimer,
Sgt Joseph Alfred Hodgson, wireless operator,
Sgt James Gilbert Stevenson, air gunner,
Sgt Howard Dewar, air gunner.
