Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I in Maasbracht: 5 killed
Date & Time:
Aug 29, 1942 at 0110 LT
Operator:
Registration:
L7567
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Scampton - Scampton
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The crew left RAF Scampton at 2111LT on August 28 on a bombing mission to Nuremberg, Germany. While overflying The Netherlands by night, the aircraft was attacked by the pilot of a German fighter. The aircraft dove into the ground and crashed in a field located in Maasbracht, some 10 km southwest of Roermond. Five crew members were killed while two others were injured.
Crew (49th Squadron):
F/O John Lowrie, pilot, †
W/O J. Allen,
Sgt Reginald Patrick Dobson, †
Sgt G. H. M. Gordon,
Sgt Eric Albert Berrett, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Norman Rae Mitchell, wireless operator and air gunner, †
Sgt William Dudley Peirce. †
Crew (49th Squadron):
F/O John Lowrie, pilot, †
W/O J. Allen,
Sgt Reginald Patrick Dobson, †
Sgt G. H. M. Gordon,
Sgt Eric Albert Berrett, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Norman Rae Mitchell, wireless operator and air gunner, †
Sgt William Dudley Peirce. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
