Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I in Rees: 6 killed
Date & Time:
Jun 3, 1942 at 0154 LT
Operator:
Registration:
R5562
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 0005LT on an operation to Essen. Approaching Dsuiburg, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Rees. Six crew members were killed and the seventh occupant became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Elwood Raymond Seibold, pilot, †
F/Sgt Albert Winston Armstrong, pilot, †
Sgt William Chesin Howell, flight engineer,
F/Sgt John Lauson Tarran, wireless operator, †
Sgt William Simons, wireless operator, †
Sgt Gerald Glassbrook, air gunner, †
Sgt Frederick John Lawrence Hanson, air gunner. †
Crew:
P/O Elwood Raymond Seibold, pilot, †
F/Sgt Albert Winston Armstrong, pilot, †
Sgt William Chesin Howell, flight engineer,
F/Sgt John Lauson Tarran, wireless operator, †
Sgt William Simons, wireless operator, †
Sgt Gerald Glassbrook, air gunner, †
Sgt Frederick John Lawrence Hanson, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
