Saint-Mars-d'Outillé

The airplane departed RAF Elsham Wolds at 2018LT on April 13 on an operation to La Spezia. While flying southeast of Le Mans, it collided in midair with a second RAF Lancaster registered ED714 and also carrying a crew of seven. Following the collision, both airplanes dove into the ground and crashed in Saint-Mars-d'Outillé. All 14 crew members in both airplanes were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Edward Claude Lee-Brown, pilot,
Sgt George Watson Houliston, flight engineer,
P/O James Smart, navigator,
W/O James Willis Toon, observer,
F/Sgt James Joseph O'Brien, wireless operator,
Sgt Andrew McKenzie Munn, air gunner,
Sgt Stanley Moseley, air gunner.

The airplane departed RAF Wickenby on an operation to La Spezia. While flying southeast of Le Mans, it collided in midair with a second RAF Lancaster registered W4828 and also carrying a crew of seven. Following the collision, both airplanes dove into the ground and crashed in Saint-Mars-d'Outillé. All 14 crew members in both airplanes were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Wilfred Ernest Fuller Clark, pilot,
Sgt Frank Gordon Sayers, flight engineer,
F/O Edward Frank Dynarski, navigator,
Sgt James Lawrence Anthony Mulligan, bomb aimer,
Sgt Charles Norris Clay, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Edward Henry Bakeman, air gunner,
F/Sgt Ernest Arthur Applegate, air gunner.