Thomas Ralph Bevan                     Updated:  03 NOV 2011

Airman: a019025.htm Surname: Bevan Init: T R Rank: Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 61

P_link: p114.htm Plane: LAN R5679 Operation: Minelaying Crash_site: Near Grønhøj

Crash_d: d250942 Buried_d: b290942 C_link: c019.htm At_Next: Frederikshavn

"Udsendt på minelægningsoperation natten til den 25. september 1942 blev en Lancaster skudt ned
over Jylland. Flyet ramte jorden ved Grønhøj nord for Karup. Alle ombord blev dræbt. Hele den dræbte besætning begravedes den 29. september 1942." (FAF)

Nedstyrtningsstedet var her ca. 250 m vest for Resenfeldevej 17, 7470 Karup.
Se mere i avisartikel Himlen lyste op, da bombeflyet brændte.
En flyver blev dræbt, da han ramte jorden her. Han kom ud af flyet for sent til at gøre brug af faldskærmen. Den nåede ikke at folde sig ud. (Kilde: Kromand Gregers Laigaard, Grønhøj Kro)
Thomas Ralph Bevan's mor modtog et fotografi af ham i kisten formodentlig for at identificere ham.
Da der ikke var andre, der sprang ud med faldskærm, må det være ham, der sprang ud.
(Kilde: Mike Brewser i en email 24. januar 2011)

Sergeant (Air Gunner) Thomas Ralph Bevan, 19 år, var søn af John og Annie Bevan, Pontardulais, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. (Kilde: CWGC)

Alle 7 flyvere fra LAN R5679 blev begravet i Frederikshavn. Se Foto af dette fly. 7 flyvere.

A Lancaster was shot down over Jutland on a minelaying operation the night before 25 September,
1942. The plane crashed at Grønhøj north of Karup. All on board were killed. The airmen were buried on
29 September, 1942. (Source: FAF)

The crash site was here about 250 m west of Resenfeldevej 17, 7470 Karup.
See more in the newspaper article The sky lit up when the bomber burned.
One airman was killed, when he hit the ground here. He got out of the plane too late to make use of his parachute. It did not have time to open up. (Source: Innkeeper Gregers Laigaard,  Grønhøj Inn)
Thomas Ralph Bevan's mother received a photograph of him in his coffin presumable for identification
purposes. Since there were no other parachutists he must be the airman who bailed out.
(Source: Mike Brewser in an email of 24 January 2011)

Sergeant (Air Gunner) Thomas Ralph Bevan, 19, was the son of John and Annie Bevan, of Pontardulais, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. (Source: CWGC)
He gave his life for those he loved and left us to remember. Mother and Wyn.

All of the crew of LAN R5679 were buried in Frederikshavn. See a Photo of this aircraft.
See Bomber Command No. 61 Squadron * No. 61 Squadron in Wikipedia * The Wartime Memories Project - No. 61 Squadron
No. 50 & 61 Squadrons Association.  This Lancaster  took off from RAF Syerston. 7 airmen. Lost Bombers has this.