Edwin Dyson                                 Updated:    28 MAR 2009

Airman: a019029.htm Surname: Dyson Init: E 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.
En flyver blev dræbt, da han ramte jorden her. Han kom ud af flyet for sent til at gøre brug af faldskærmen. (Kilde: Kromand Laigaard, Grønhøj Kro)

Sergeant (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner) Edwin Dyson, 20 år, var søn af Arthur og Lily Dyson, Hillsborough, Sheffield, United Kingdom. (Kilde: CWGC)

Alle 7 flyvere fra LAN R5679 blev begravet i Frederikshavn.
Airwar over Denmark har mere om dette fly og dets besætning. 7 flyvere. Flere links i engelsk version.

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.
One airman was killed, when he hit the ground here. He got out of the plane too late to make use of his parachute. (Source: Innkeeper Laigaard, Grønhøj Kro)

Sergeant (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner) Edwin Dyson, 20, was the son of Arthur and Lily Dyson, of Hillsborough, Sheffield, United Kingdom. (Source: CWGC)

All 7 airmen from  LAN R5679 were buried in Frederikshavn.
See No. 61 Squadron at RAF Bomber Command 60th Anniversary. This Lancaster started from RAF Syerston.
Airwar over Denmark has more about this plane and its crew.