Date:	Tuesday 14 May 1940
Time:	morning
Type:	Westland Lysander Mk II
Owner/operator:	4 Sqn RAF
Registration:	P1711
MSN:	TV-E
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Outer, near Aspelaere Airfield, East Flanders -   Belgium
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Monchy-Lagache, France
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Westland Lysander Mk.II P1711 (TV-E) 4 Squadron, RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 15 May 1940 when crashed at Outer, near Aspelaere advanced landing ground, East Flanders, Belgium, at 11.35 hrs while on a Tactical Reconnaissance sortie. According to the official Air Ministry file on the incident (File AIR 81/371): "Sergeant I G I Lewis, injured; Lysander P1711 in an accident during air operations over Belgium, 15 May 1940".

Crew of Lysander P1711:
Pilot Officer Stephen Alers Hankey RAF 40822 - believed safe
Sgt I.G.I. Lewis - sustained injuries

The crash location of Aspelare is a village in the Belgian province of East Flanders and a part of Ninove (at approximate co ordinates: 50°51′ N, 3°57′ E). The village is located in the Dender region in Zandlemig Flanders, in the undulating landscape between the Scheldt and the Dender.

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft P1000-P9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1978 p 9)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/370: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14502174
3. Cynrick De Decker and Jean Louis Roba, Mei 1940 boven België. de luchtstrijd tijdens de Achttiendaagse Veldtocht, De Krijger, 1993
4. Peter D. Cornwell, The Battle of France, Then and Now, 2008
5. https://www.luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/westland-lysander-p1711-te-outer
6. http://www.hambo.org/lancing/view_man.php?id=262
7. http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/4_squadron.html#1405
8. http://www.rafcommands.com/archive/04533.php
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninove

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
18-Jun-2011 11:51	ThW	Added
18-Jun-2011 11:56	ThW	Updated [Departure airport]
17-Jun-2013 18:26	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative]
13-Jul-2019 02:25	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
14-Nov-2022 00:55	Ron Averes	Updated [Location]