Crash Location Avro Lancaster ED783 KM-F

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.
In memory of this event, this information panel was placed by the Historical Circle Dalfsen in the context of 75 years of liberation.

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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Source

• Text: Traces of war en Stefan Hendriks
• Photos: Historische kring Dalfsen (1, 2, 3, 4), Stefan Hendriks (5)