Date & Time:
Jun 15, 1943 at 0112 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Registration:
LM324
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Binbrook - Binbrook
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 Binbrook at 2254LT on June 14 on an operation to Oberhausen. Passing over Belgium, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Meeuwen, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/O William James Dennett, pilot,
Sgt Reginald Ernest Watson, flight engineer,
F/O William Edward Emery,
F/O Alfred Charles Ronald Flashman,
F/Sgt Thomas Williams,
Sgt Ernest Anthony Bogle, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Doric Phillip Birk, air gunner.
Crew:
F/O William James Dennett, pilot,
Sgt Reginald Ernest Watson, flight engineer,
F/O William Edward Emery,
F/O Alfred Charles Ronald Flashman,
F/Sgt Thomas Williams,
Sgt Ernest Anthony Bogle, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Doric Phillip Birk, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.