William Young Emerslund                     Updated:  03 NOV 2011

Airman: a019030.htm Surname: Emerslund Init: W Y Rank: F/Sgt Service: RCAF 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.

Flight Sergeant (Air Gunner) William Young Emerslund, 22 år, var søn af Hjalmer August og
Edna Young Emerslund, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. (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.

Flight Sergeant (Air Gunner) William Young Emerslund, 22, was the son of Hjalmer August and
Edna Young Emerslund, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. (Source: CWGC)
Not lost but gone before   he lives with us in memory   and will for evermore

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.