Nathan Charles Hitchcock Rank: Sergeant Status: Prisoner of War 1943-06-15

There were two survivors of the crash who were made POWs: Sergeant Hitchcock and Sergeant Frost (both British) were both POWs at Stalag 357.

There were six deaths in the crash, all buried at Uden War Cemetery, Holland: Flight Sergeant Walter Lawrence Chatfield RCAF R/99842 KIA Uden War Cemetery 5. G. 11. (the only Canadian on the aircraft). Sergeant John Robert Coulsey RAF KIA Uden War Cemetery 5. F. 1. Sergeant Dennis Downing RAF KIA Ebbw Vale Cemetery Sec. H. South border. Row 13. Grave 5. Sergeant Victor Horsley RAF KIA Uden War Cemetery 5. G. 13. Sergeant Peter Alfred Toms RAF KIA Uden War Cemetery 5. G. 12. Flying Officer Alan Ewart Whittaker RAF KIA Uden War Cemetery.

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Avro Lancaster

Avro Lancaster Mk. X RCAF Serial FM 213
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The Avro Lancaster is a British Second World War heavy bomber. It was designed and manufactured by Avro as a contemporary of the Handley Page Halifax, both bombers having been developed to the same specification, as well as the Short Stirling, all three aircraft being four-engined heavy bombers adopted by the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the same wartime era.

The Lancaster has its origins in the twin-engine Avro Manchester which had been developed during the late 1930s in response to the Air Ministry Specification P.13/36 for a capable medium bomber for "world-wide use". Originally developed as an evolution of the Manchester (which had proved troublesome in service and was retired in 1942), the Lancaster was designed by Roy Chadwick and powered by four Rolls-Royce Merlins and in one version, Bristol Hercules engines. It first saw service with RAF Bomber Command in 1942 and as the strategic bombing offensive over Europe gathered momentum, it was the main aircraft for the night-time bombing campaigns that followed. As increasing numbers of the type were produced, it became the principal heavy bomber used by the RAF, the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and squadrons from other Commonwealth and European countries serving within the RAF, overshadowing the Halifax and Stirling. Wikipedia

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