Crash site Avro Lancaster - Dalfsen, The Netherlands
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N 52° 28.951 E 006° 20.049
32U E 318978 N 5818048
Information panel on the crash of AVRO Lancaster bomber ED783 on May 1th 1943, just at the junction near the road site.
Waymark Code: WM18DXW
Location: Overijssel, Netherlands
Date Posted: 07/15/2023
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member ištván
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Zaterdag 1 mei 1943 is hier op de Vennenberg de AVRO Lancaster bommenwerper ED783 van het Britse 44e Squadron neergestort. Hierbij kwamen de 7 jonge geallieerde vliegers om het leven.

Enkele uren voor de crash was de bommenwerper opgestegen vanaf vliegveld Waddingtonin Engeland voor een bombardementsvlucht naar Essen. Het toestel werd om 03.16 uur aangevallen door een Duitse nachtjager. Na de aanval vloog het toestel nog enkele minuten door, waarna het loodrecht naar beneden stortte en in stukken uit elkaar viel. Nadat het licht was geworden, troffen lokale bewoners 6 van de 7 gesneuvelde vliegers. Op 22 juli werd het laatste slachtoffer aangetroffen tijdens het maaien van de rogge.

Alle slachtoffers van deze vliegtuigcrash zijn begraven op de begraafplaats Ruitenborgh in Dalfsen.

Crew:
Pilot P/O. L.J. Ellis 145792 RAF
Flight engineer Sgt. R.L. Le Page 577884 RAF
Navigator F/O. W.A. Rollings J/21818 RCAF
Bomb aimer Sgt. J.B. Browne 1336517 RAF
Wo ag Sgt. H.C. Ellis 1270431 RAF
Air gunner Sgt. R. Williams 974495 RAF
Air gunner Sgt. S.S. McClellan 1384317 RAF
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Bron: Traces Of War

Google Translation:
Saturday 1 May 1943 the AVRO Lancaster bomber ED783 of the British 44th Squadron crashed here on the Vennenberg. The 7 young Allied pilots were killed.

A few hours before the crash, the bomber had taken off from Waddington airfield in England for a bombing flight to Essen. The aircraft was attacked at 03:16 by a German night fighter. After the attack, the aircraft continued to fly for several minutes, after which it crashed vertically and fell apart. After it became light, local residents found 6 of the 7 killed airmen. On July 22, the last victim was found while mowing the rye.

All victims of this plane crash are buried at the Ruitenborgh cemetery in Dalfsen.

Crew:
Pilot P/O. LJ Ellis 145792 RAF
Flight Engineer Sgt. R.L. Le Page 577884 RAF
Navigator F/O. W.A. Rollings J/21818 RCAF
Bomb aimer Sgt. J.B. Browne 1336517 RAF
Wo ag Sgt. H.C. Ellis 1270431 RAF
Air gunner Sgt. R. Williams 974495 RAF
Air gunner Sgt. S.S. McClellan 1384317 RAF
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Source: Traces Of War
Property Permission: Public

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Location of waymark:
Schaapskooiweg / Vlierhoekweg,
Dalfsen, OV The Netherlands


Commemoration: Crash of an Avro Lancaster in 1943

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