Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I off Oksby: 7 killed
Date & Time:
Aug 17, 1942 at 0242 LT
Operator:
Registration:
R5509
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Bottesford - Bottesford
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Bottesford at 2131LT on August 16 to lay mines in the Willows area. Approaching the Danish coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed west of Oksby. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Alexander Milne Craig,
Sgt John McArthur,
Sgt Alfred Henry McKenzie,
Sgt William Brodie McVicar,
Sgt Arthur Roddam,
Sgt Stanley Spencer,
F/Sgt Norman James Sutherland.
Crew:
Sgt Alexander Milne Craig,
Sgt John McArthur,
Sgt Alfred Henry McKenzie,
Sgt William Brodie McVicar,
Sgt Arthur Roddam,
Sgt Stanley Spencer,
F/Sgt Norman James Sutherland.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
