Date & Time:
Jul 10, 1943 at 0145 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
W4763
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Syerston - Syerston
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
1
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
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.
