Date & Time:
Jul 4, 1943 at 0305 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED820
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Wickenby - Wickenby
Country:
Belgium
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
6
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Wickenby at 2337LT on July 3 on an operation to Cologne. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Walhain. Six crew members were killed and one became PoW.
Crew:
F/O Arnold Raymond Herron, pilot, †
Sgt Malcolm Lionel Green, flight engineer, †
Sgt Donald Robert Baird, navigator, †
Sgt H. Williams, bomb aimer,
Sgt Thomas Eric Edmondson, wireless operator, †
Sgt Arthur Leonard Baseley, air gunner, †
F/Sgt Maurice Emile Combres, air gunner. †
Crew:
F/O Arnold Raymond Herron, pilot, †
Sgt Malcolm Lionel Green, flight engineer, †
Sgt Donald Robert Baird, navigator, †
Sgt H. Williams, bomb aimer,
Sgt Thomas Eric Edmondson, wireless operator, †
Sgt Arthur Leonard Baseley, air gunner, †
F/Sgt Maurice Emile Combres, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
