Accident Avro Lancaster Mk III ED970, Monday 24 May 1943
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Date:Monday 24 May 1943
Time:02:01
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk III
Owner/operator:57 Sqn RAF
Registration: ED970
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:North Sea 40 km W of Egmond aan Zee, Noord-Holland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Scampton, UK
Destination airport:
Narrative:
The plane, on a bombing mission to Dortmund, Germany, was shot down by night fighter pilot Feldwebel Heinz Vinke of the 11./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Bergen airfield. Three bodies were washed ashore.
The bodies of the other four deceased crew members were never found.

Call Sign: DX-
Takeoff time: 22:35

Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Alan Ramsay Leslie RAFVR 1551139 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Harry Kleiner RAFVR 1455874 [Killed]
Navigator : Pilot Officer John Robert Morton RAFVR 129550 (NCO:1293256 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 03 November, 1942) [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Peter Hemingway RAFVR 1392967 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Alexander Keir Henderson RAFVR 1125769 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Walter James Bennett RAFVR 927900 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Peter Daly RAF 551847 [Killed]

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2359&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.626-squadron.co.uk/willem18.htm
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
25-Feb-2015 11:07 gerard57 Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]
23-May-2018 16:48 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, ]
07-Nov-2018 19:49 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator, ]
12-Jan-2019 10:33 TigerTimon Updated [Narrative, ]
22-Jun-2022 22:14 Ron Averes Updated [Location, ]
18-May-2024 06:46 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative, ]

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