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Archive Report: Allied Forces

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Not the pilot just for practice
21.08.1943 No. 82 OTU Wellington HE332 -J Fl/Sgt. Shaw

Mission: Training

Date: 21st August 1943 (Saturday)

Unit: No. 82 OTU

Type: Wellington X

Serial: HE332

Code:  -J

Base: R.A.F. Ossington, Nottinghamshire

Location: Ossington, Nottinghamshire

Pilot: Fl/Sgt. Harvey Carlin Shaw. 23748. R.A.A.F. Inj. (1)

Nav/Air/Bmr: F/O. Frederick Gordon Ingham. 133088. R.A.F.V.R. Age 25. Killed

Air/Bmr: Sgt. Ronald William Hughes. 1333407. R.A.F.V.R. Age 22. Killed

W/Op/Air/Gnr: Fl/Sgt. Evered Austin McCasker. 425408. R.A.A.F. Inj. (2)

Air/Gnr: Sgt. H. Jennings. 1720032. R.A.F.

Air/Gnr: Sgt. B. Dye. 1874892. R.A.F.

REASON FOR LOSS:
Took off from R.A.F. Ossington at 21.32hrs for a night training exercise. The aircraft crashed at 23.37hrs after hitting some trees on the approach to the runway and crashed on the edge of the airfield.

Sgt. Ronald William Hughs. Courtesy of Kate TameBurial details:

F/O. Frederick Gordon Ingham. Brighouse Cemetery, Yorkshire. Sec. E. Cons. Grave 332
Son of Randolph and Annie Ingham of Bailiff Bridge, Brighouse. Husband of Mary Ingham of Bailiff Bridge, Yorkshire
At the time of his death Fredericks address was Clifton Villas, Bailiff Bridge, Brighouse, Yorkshire

Sgt. Ronald William Hughes. Portsmouth (Milton) Cemetery. Plot Y. Row 12. Grave 38
Son of William Joseph Hughes and Alice Cecelia May Hughes of Southsea, Portsmouth

(1) Fl/Sgt. Harvey Carlin Shaw was injured, but survived and returned to active service. Harvey was born on the 15th April 1918 in Brisbane, Queensland and enlisted in Sunnybank, Brisbane on 9th August 1940 and was discharged from service on the 9th August 1945 at the rank of Warrant Officer

(2) Fl/Sgt. Evered Austin McCasker was badly injured and was admitted to Rauceby Hospital. Evered survived his injuries and returned to active service only to lose his life in 1944. For further details (click here)

Researched by: Kate Tame aircrewremembered.com volunteer and for all the relatives of the crew

Acknowledgements: With thanks to Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Picture courtesy of Kate Tame 

 

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Acknowledgements
Sources used by us in compiling Archive Reports include: Bill Chorley - 'Bomber Command Losses Vols. 1-9, plus ongoing revisions', Dr. Theo E.W. Boiten and Mr. Roderick J. Mackenzie - 'Nightfighter War Diaries Vols. 1 and 2', Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt - 'Bomber Command War Diaries', Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Tom Kracker - Kracker Luftwaffe Archives, Michel Beckers, Major Fred Paradie (RCAF) and Captain François Dutil (RCAF) - Paradie Archive (on this site), Jean Schadskaje, Major Jack O'Connor USAF (Retd.), Robert Gretzyngier, Wojtek Matusiak, Waldemar Wójcik and Józef Zieliński - 'Ku Czci Połeglyçh Lotnikow 1939-1945', Andrew Mielnik: Archiwum - Polish Air Force Archive (on this site), Anna Krzystek, Tadeusz Krzystek - 'Polskie Siły Powietrzne w Wielkiej Brytanii', Franek Grabowski, Polish graves: https://niebieskaeskadra.pl/, PoW Museum Żagań, Norman L.R. Franks 'Fighter Command Losses', Stan D. Bishop, John A. Hey MBE, Gerrie Franken and Maco Cillessen - Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces, Vols 1-6, Dr. Theo E.W. Boiton - Nachtjagd Combat Archives, Vols 1-13. Aircrew Remembered Databases and our own archives. We are grateful for the support and encouragement of CWGC, UK Imperial War Museum, Australian War Memorial, Australian National Archives, New Zealand National Archives, UK National Archives and Fold3 and countless dedicated friends and researchers across the world.
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