Date & Time:
Jun 25, 1943 at 0230 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
EE127
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Warboys - Warboys
Country:
World
Region:
World
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 Warboys at 2313LT on June 24 on an operation to Wuppertal. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea off the Dutch coast, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Leo Frederick Joseph Brown, pilot,
Sgt Ivor Hall Bradley, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Albert Victor Newell, navigator,
P/O Robert Franklin Worthington, bomb aimer,
Sgt John Malpass, wireless operator,
Sgt Ronald Gilbert, air gunner,
Sgt Cecil Easton, air gunner.
Crew:
P/O Leo Frederick Joseph Brown, pilot,
Sgt Ivor Hall Bradley, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Albert Victor Newell, navigator,
P/O Robert Franklin Worthington, bomb aimer,
Sgt John Malpass, wireless operator,
Sgt Ronald Gilbert, air gunner,
Sgt Cecil Easton, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
