Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I in Bad Zwischenahn: 6 killed
Date & Time:
Jun 4, 1942 at 0140 LT
Operator:
Registration:
R5627
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Syerston - Syerston
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Syerston at 2315LT on June 3 on an operation to Bremen. Over Germany, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed nearby the Bad Zwischenahn Airfield. Six crew members were killed and a seventh occupant became PoW.
Crew:
F/O Robert Earle Archibald, pilot, †
Sgt Peter Holmes, flight engineer,
Sgt Ian Frank Pratt, navigator, †
F/Sgt David Lorimer, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Jack Lewis Wallis, wireless operator, †
F/Lt George Liddell Caruthers Beattie, air gunner, †
F/Sgt Maurice Hamilton Denison, air gunner. †
Crew:
F/O Robert Earle Archibald, pilot, †
Sgt Peter Holmes, flight engineer,
Sgt Ian Frank Pratt, navigator, †
F/Sgt David Lorimer, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Jack Lewis Wallis, wireless operator, †
F/Lt George Liddell Caruthers Beattie, air gunner, †
F/Sgt Maurice Hamilton Denison, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
