Date & Time:
Jun 2, 1942 at 0130 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
R5544
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Syerston - Syerston
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
6
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Syerston at 2250LT on June 1st on an operation to Essen. Over Düsseldorf, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed. Six crew members were killed and a seventh became PoW.
Crew:
F/O Gordon Leslie Tofield, pilot, †
Sgt Ronald Larter, pilot, †
F/Sgt Leslie James Partridge, observer, †
F/O Walter Rice Williams wireless operator,
Sgt John Titterington, wireless operator, †
P/O Samuel Partington Walsh, air gunner, †
Sgt Roy Buglar Ganderton, air gunner. †
Crew:
F/O Gordon Leslie Tofield, pilot, †
Sgt Ronald Larter, pilot, †
F/Sgt Leslie James Partridge, observer, †
F/O Walter Rice Williams wireless operator,
Sgt John Titterington, wireless operator, †
P/O Samuel Partington Walsh, air gunner, †
Sgt Roy Buglar Ganderton, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
