Date & Time:
Apr 17, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
R5513
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Woodhall Spa - Woodhall Spa
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
7
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Woodhall Spa at 1500LT on an operation to Augsburg. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed near the city, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
W/O Thomas James Mycock, pilot,
F/Sgt Norman Craig Hayes, pilot,
W/O Leonard Harrison, observer,
F/Sgt Stanley Edward Eades, wireless operator,
F/Sgt David MacDonald, air gunner,
F/Sgt Walter Shelley, air gunner,
F/Sgt John Granville Donoghue, air gunner.
Crew:
W/O Thomas James Mycock, pilot,
F/Sgt Norman Craig Hayes, pilot,
W/O Leonard Harrison, observer,
F/Sgt Stanley Edward Eades, wireless operator,
F/Sgt David MacDonald, air gunner,
F/Sgt Walter Shelley, air gunner,
F/Sgt John Granville Donoghue, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
