Accident Avro Lancaster Mk I ED313,
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Date:Friday 12 March 1943
Time:00:47
Type:Silhouette image of generic LANC model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Lancaster Mk I
Owner/operator:83 Sqn RAF
Registration: ED313
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Sogny-en-l'Angle (Marne) -   France
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Shot down by Fw. Gerhard Rase of the 6./NJG 4, flying a Bf 110 from Saint-Dizier airfield.

Target: Stuttgart
Call Sign: OL-B
Takeoff time: 20:31
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Norman A J Mackie DFC RAF [PoW, escaped]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Ralph Henderson RAFVR 1291378 (Officer:156121) [Evaded] (Commission Gazetted : Friday 23 July, 1943)
Navigator : Flight Lieutenant Allan MacPherson Ogilvie DFC RAF 120865 [Evaded] (NCO:798537 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 19 May, 1942)
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant William Eric Barrett DFM RAF 751810 [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant Lewis Edward James Humber RAF 1181464 [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Alexander Lynch DFM RAFVR 1001787 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Kenneth William Chipchase RAFVR 1105193 [Killed]

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://aircrewremembered.com/mackie-norman-alexander.html
http://www.bbm.org.uk/airmen/Barrett.htm
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
12-Mar-2018 08:32 TigerTimon Added
03-Nov-2018 20:32 Nepa Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator]

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