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On 21/22nd June
1944,LancasterI LL840 VN-M took off from Skellingthorpe for an
op to Scholven-Buer.It crashed at Oene (Gelderland),5 km E of
Epe after being shot down by a night-fighter. Six of the eight
man crew were able to egress the aircraft however, Sergeant Shorter
and W/O Lane were killed and rest in the general cemetery
at Epe, Kenneth Ingram initially evaded capture before being
handed over to the Gestapo.
The crew consisted of:
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Name |
Service |
Hometown |
Age |
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S/L T.B.Cole - POW |
RAFVR |
- |
- |
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F/Sgt Kenneth Ingram - EVD |
RAFVR |
Portsmouth |
19 |
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F/O Jack Craven - EVD |
RAFVR |
- |
- |
|
F/Sgt A.G.Beresford - POW |
RAFVR |
- |
- |
|
P/O Eric.J.Blakemore - EVD |
RAFVR |
- |
- |
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W/O John Lane |
RAFVR |
Battersea, London |
22 |
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Sgt Frederick Shorter |
RAFVR |
Wellingborough, Northants. |
24 |
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Sgt P.F.Hayes - POW |
RAFVR |
- |
- |
Flight Sergeant Kenneth
Ingram was to fall into the hands of the Gestapo and shot on
the 1st of October 1944, and he rests in the
Apeldoorn (Ugchelen-Heidehof) General cemetery.
Warrant Officer Frederick
Henry Shorter RAFVR was born on January 23rd 1920
at Cannon Place, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire to John and
Matilda Shorter. Frederick was the second brother
of Jim, Evelyn and Frank. Jim was to serve in the Army and Frank
in the Navy and later the RAF. At the time of his death the
family were living at 99 The Drive, Wellingborough.
He attended
Victoria School, Wellingborough, leaving school at fourteen to
work with his father at the Ironstone Quarry at Irchester,
near
Wellingborough. Later he worked as a butcher at Johnny
Williams, Wellingborough. It is believed that Frederick
volunteered in approximately 1943.
Photos
courtesy of Frederick Orton, research by Linda Ibrom.
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