Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I in Overdinkel: 1 killed
Date & Time:
Jul 10, 1943 at 0145 LT
Operator:
Registration:
W4763
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Syerston - Syerston
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Syerston at 2242LT on July 9 on an operation to Gelsenkirchen. It was hit by the German Flak while passing over Gronau, near the German-Dutch border, caught fire and crashed near Overdinkel. The pilot was killed while six other crew members became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt John Ogilvie Ingram, pilot, †
Sgt John Edwin Wood, flight engineer,
Sgt James Douglas Skinner, navigator,
F/O R. E. Ryder, bomb aimer,
Sgt John Thomas Sharp, wireless operator,
Sgt Roy John Westcott, air gunner,
F/Sgt John Richard Patching, air gunner.
Crew:
F/Sgt John Ogilvie Ingram, pilot, †
Sgt John Edwin Wood, flight engineer,
Sgt James Douglas Skinner, navigator,
F/O R. E. Ryder, bomb aimer,
Sgt John Thomas Sharp, wireless operator,
Sgt Roy John Westcott, air gunner,
F/Sgt John Richard Patching, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
