Memorial Crash Location AVRO Lancaster Mk.III ED976

A memorial plaque at Teuge airfield in memory of the six killed crew members of the allied Lancaster bomber which crashed in Teuge on 12 June 1943 after an attack by a German Messerschmitt.
Tail gunner Linton Stephenson survived the crash.

Names of the victims: W.F. Bradley, E.N. Cummings, C.B. Fleming, G. Glover, J. W. Lake and A. B. Magill.
The plaque was unveiled on June 12, 2021 in the presence of the Mayor of Teuge (municipality of Voorst),
an Air Force Lieutenant Colonel, a Canadian Army Colonel and Canadian Air Force Sergeant.

Text on the plaque;
On June 12th 1943 a four-engined RAF Lancaster Bomber crashed on it's return flight from a bombing raid to Düsseldorf, Germany. After being hit earlier by German flak, the Lancaster was shot down at 02:45 AM by Luftwaffe Lt. Werner Rapp flying his Messerschmitt 110.
This AVRO Lancaster Mk.III with serial ED976 belonged to RAF No.100 Squadron, part of No.1 Group in RAF Bomber Command and took of from Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England.
In total, this squadron lost 113 Lancasters during the Second World War costing the lives of 539 young crewmembers.
The names of the brave and young RAF-RCAF crew who were killed in the Lancaster crash are mentioned on the monument to be found on the other side of the airfield. The rear gunner F/Sgt. Linton Stephenson was able to bail out, became POW and survived the war.

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• Text: Eric Dullaart
• Photos: Eric Dullaart