Date & Time:
Jun 15, 1943 at 0133 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED396
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Elsham Wolds - Elsham Wolds
Country:
Germany
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 Elsham Wolds at 2238LT on June 14 on an operation to Oberhausen. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Meiderich, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt George Whitehead, pilot,
Sgt James Renwick, navigator,
F/O Sidney Herbert Yates, bomb aimer,
Sgt John James Kerevan,
F/Sgt Ernest Shaw,
Sgt Robert James Bailes, air gunner,
Sgt Duncan Alexander Holmes Ferguson, air gunner.
Crew:
Sgt George Whitehead, pilot,
Sgt James Renwick, navigator,
F/O Sidney Herbert Yates, bomb aimer,
Sgt John James Kerevan,
F/Sgt Ernest Shaw,
Sgt Robert James Bailes, air gunner,
Sgt Duncan Alexander Holmes Ferguson, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
