Date & Time:
Mar 12, 1943 at 0047 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
ED313
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Wyton - Wyton
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
2
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Wyton at 2031LT on March 11 on an operation to Stuttgart. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Sogny-en-l'Angle. Two crew members were killed, two evaded and three became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Norman Alexander John Mackie, pilot,
Sgt Ralph Henderson, flight engineer,
F/Lt Allan MacPherson Ogilvie, navigator,
F/Sgt William Eric Barrett, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Lewis Edward James Humber, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Alexander Lynch, air gunner, †
Sgt Kenneth William Chipchase, air gunner. †
Crew:
F/Sgt Norman Alexander John Mackie, pilot,
Sgt Ralph Henderson, flight engineer,
F/Lt Allan MacPherson Ogilvie, navigator,
F/Sgt William Eric Barrett, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Lewis Edward James Humber, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Alexander Lynch, air gunner, †
Sgt Kenneth William Chipchase, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
