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| Date: | Saturday 10 July 1943 |
| Time: | 01:45 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Lancaster Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 61 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W4763 |
| MSN: | QR- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near the Glanestraat, Overdinkel, Losser, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Syerston |
Hit by Flak over Gronau (Germany). Also claimed by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Hans-Dieter Frank of the Stab I./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Venlo airfield.
Took off at 22:42 hrs for an operation against Gelsenkirchen in Germany.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant John Ogilvie Ingram RAF 527257 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant J E Wood RAF 1624227 [PoW]
Navigator : Sergeant James Douglas Skinner RAF 1433908 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Reginald Edward Ryder RAF 86907 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 12 November, 1940) [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant John Thomas Sharp RAF 1036180 [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Roy John Westcott RAF 1318726 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant John Richard Patching RAAF Aus/420709 [PoW]
Flight Sergeant Ingram lies at the Losser General Cemetery, Netherlands (52.263182 / 7.002829)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
https://www.verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2652&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 09-Jul-2018 10:03 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Nov-2018 08:55 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 05-May-2021 18:21 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 05-May-2021 18:24 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 05-May-2021 18:32 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, ] |
| 20-Jun-2022 21:29 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 05-Aug-2024 17:45 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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