Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I in La Hulpe: 6 killed
Date & Time:
Jun 3, 1942 at 0230 LT
Operator:
Registration:
R5613
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 0001LT on an operation to Essen. Over Belgium, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in La Hulpe. Six crew members were killed and a seventh occupant evaded.
Crew:
P/O Ralph Edward Clark, pilot, †
Sgt Stanley Holmes Lincoln, pilot, †
Sgt Edward Ernest Patchett, observer, †
F/Sgt Alistair MacNab McKelvie, wireless operator, †
Sgt Oliver Percy Beswick, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Norman Rhodes Hartley, air gunner, †
Sgt William Roch Griffiths, air gunner.
Crew:
P/O Ralph Edward Clark, pilot, †
Sgt Stanley Holmes Lincoln, pilot, †
Sgt Edward Ernest Patchett, observer, †
F/Sgt Alistair MacNab McKelvie, wireless operator, †
Sgt Oliver Percy Beswick, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Norman Rhodes Hartley, air gunner, †
Sgt William Roch Griffiths, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
