Ulceby Cross Lancaster Memorial

Local remembrance and memorial support

Local authority responsible for memorial upkeep

Commonwealth War Graves Commission story page for Flying Officer Nicholas Agnew Ansdell (1924-1945), pilot of Lancaster PB476. Details his service with 12 Squadron and the circumstances of the loss during the Luftwaffe's Operation Gisela.

Ansdell was RAFVR service number 150291. The Lancaster was shot down at 00:29 hours on 4 March 1945 by a Luftwaffe intruder during Operation Gisela — the last major German air operation of the war.

International war sites database entry for the Lancaster PB476 memorial at Ulceby Cross. Records the location of the memorial stone and the crew details.

Memorial is catalogued in the international Traces of War database. Crew: Fg Off Ansdell (Pilot), Fg Off Heath (Air Bomber), Fg Off Hunter (Navigator), Sgt Mellor (Air Gunner), Sgt Parry (Wireless Operator), Sgt Shafer (Flight Engineer), Sgt Walker (Air Gunner).

Imperial War Museums register entry for the memorial to the crew of Lancaster PB476 at Ulceby Cross, Lincolnshire. Catalogued as memorial reference 20271.

Formally registered in the IWM national war memorials database.

Lincolnshire County Council heritage record for the memorial to Lancaster PB476 at Ulceby Cross. Notes the memorial was unveiled in 1995 on land near the crash site.

Monument reference MLI125556. Memorial unveiled 1995. The Lancaster dived almost vertically into the ground with such force that the engines were found buried 10 feet deep.