Personnel Index - Detail
Name
OGLESBY
First Names
Edward Benjamin
Rank
F/Sgt
Service
RAF
Service Number
1149037
Crew Position
Pilot
Posting In
Posted in 5/43 and out 11/43 to Eastchurch
Flew 19 operations with 49Sqn.
A picture of Lancaster ED448 M-Mother (with groundcrew) taken in March 1943. This Lancaster ended her career sliding down the main runway at Dunholme Lodge on her belly…. F/Sgt Oglesby and crew were landing following a training flight at 20.58hrs on 15 September 1943, when the undercarriage suddenly collapsed.
The crew were not seriously injured, but the Lancaster was a complete write-off and the crew were broken up and posted to other squadrons.
It appears that the crew were put on a charge for not leaving the aircraft immediately!