Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III in Haldern: 7 killed
Date & Time:
May 16, 1943
Operator:
Registration:
ED927
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Scampton - Scampton
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The aircraft left RAF Scampton in the evening of May 15 to attack the Sorpe Dam located southeast of Dortmund. While overflying Germany by night, the aircraft was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Haldern, killing all seven crew members.
Crew (617th Squadron):
F/Lt Robert Norman George Barlow, pilot,
P/O Samuel Leslie Whillis, flight engineer,
F/O Philip Sydney Burgess, navigator,
P/O Alan Gillespie, air bomber,
F/O Charles Rowland Williams, wireless operator and air gunner,
F/O Harvey Sterling Glinz, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Jack Robert George Liddell, air gunner.
Crew (617th Squadron):
F/Lt Robert Norman George Barlow, pilot,
P/O Samuel Leslie Whillis, flight engineer,
F/O Philip Sydney Burgess, navigator,
P/O Alan Gillespie, air bomber,
F/O Charles Rowland Williams, wireless operator and air gunner,
F/O Harvey Sterling Glinz, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Jack Robert George Liddell, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
