Date & Time:
Jun 17, 1943 at 0445 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
W5007
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Binbrook - Binbrook
Country:
United Kingdom
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 2302LT on June 16 on an operation to Cologne. Over Germany, it was badly damaged by the German Flak and the following morning, while returning to base, the crew reported hydraulics issues and attempted to divert to RAF Elsham Wolds for an emergency landing. The airplane crashed on approach, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt David John Duthie Strath, pilot,
Sgt Ronald Thomas Harman, flight engineer,
Sgt Donald Samuel Gent, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Leslie Maxwell McDonnell,
F/Sgt John Clement Plummer,
Sgt William Brodie, air gunner,
F/Sgt Noel Oliver Boyd Flitcroft, air gunner.
Crew:
Sgt David John Duthie Strath, pilot,
Sgt Ronald Thomas Harman, flight engineer,
Sgt Donald Samuel Gent, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Leslie Maxwell McDonnell,
F/Sgt John Clement Plummer,
Sgt William Brodie, air gunner,
F/Sgt Noel Oliver Boyd Flitcroft, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Badly shot about by the German Flak.
