Thomas Heslop       Photo: Knud Riis       Updated: 10 OCT 2021
                                                                             
Airman:
 a014228.htm Surname: Heslop Init: T Rank: Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 207

P_link: p292.htm Plane: LAN ME688 Operation: Minelaying Crash_site: The North Sea

Crash_d: d100444 Buried_d: b150444 C_link: c014.htm At_Next: Esbjerg, A. 13. 24

"Natten til den 10. april 1944 foretog RAF en stor mineudlægningsoperation ved Danzig (Gdansk).
I forbindelse med overflyvningen af dansk område blev mindst 7 britiske bombefly skudt ned, mens flere nedstyrtede i Nordsøen, i større eller mindre afstand fra Vestkysten. Fra 6 fly nedstyrtet i Midtjylland, og
2 i Nordsøen, ligger 35 omkomne flyvere begravet i Esbjerg. Samtlige flyvere begravedes den 15. april 1944." (FAF) Google Map Mine 10 APR 1944.

Kl. 21.26 den 9. oktober 1944 startede LAN ME688 fra RAF Spilsby. Det styrtede ned i Nordsøen. Ingen overlevende. (Kilde: p292MACR)

Sergeant (Air Gunner) Thomas Heslop, 21 år, var søn af Thomas og Anne Heslop, Shotley Bridge,
Co. Durham, United Kingdom.
(Kilde: CWGC)

4 flyvere fra LAN ME688 blev begravet i Danmark. 3 har ingen kendt grav. Se Lancaster Fotos. 7 flyvere.

"On the night before April 10 1944, the RAF carried out a big minelaying operation at Danzig (Gdansk).
At least 7 British bombers were shot down as they flew over Danish territory, and several crashed
into the North Sea, off the west coast of Jutland. From 6 planes crashed in the central part of Jutland, and
2 in the North Sea, 35 airmen were buried in Esbjerg. All of the airmen were buried on April 15 1944." (FAF)
Google Map Mine 10 APR 1944.

At 21.26 hours on 9 October 1944 LAN ME688 took off from RAF Spilsby. It crashed into the North Sea.
No survivors. (Source: p292MACR)

Sergeant (Air Gunner) Thomas Heslop, 21, was the son of Thomas and Anne Heslop, of Shotley Bridge,
Co. Durham, United Kingdom. (Source: CWGC)
He is remembered on The Walls of Names at the International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 1, P  48.

4 airmen from LAN ME688 were buried in Denmark. 3 have no known grave.
See No. 207 Squadron RAF - Wikipedia * 207 Squadron Association * RAF Spilsby at RAF-Lincolnshire.info
See Lancaster Photos. Lancaster I ME688 EM-E took off from RAF Spilsby at 2126 hrs on 09 APR 1944.
(Source:
Aircrew Remembered has this.)  7 airmen.