Date & Time: Apr 15, 1942 at 0330 LT
Operator:
Registration:
AT157
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
North Luffenham - North Luffenham
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
2
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF North Luffenham in the evening of April 14 on an operation to Dortmund. After passing the Dutch border, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Straelen, northeast of Venlo. Two crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
F/O Billy Stanley Booker, pilot,
F/Sgt William Alexander Coulson Browne, observer, †
Sgt Jack Gledhill, wireless operator, †
Sgt Douglas Forbes Stephen, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.