Edwin Dyson                                   Updated:  03 NOV 2011

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.
Se mere i avisartikel Himlen lyste op, da bombeflyet brændte og se T. R. Bevan.

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. 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 and see T. R. Bevan.

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

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.