Lewis Wilson Morrison                     Updated:  21 NOV 2012

Airman: a019031.htm Surname: Morrison Init: L W 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, gr. 31

"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) Google Map p114 Lancaster R5679.

LAN R5679 styrtede ned her, tæt på her, overblik her. Se Nær nedstyrtningsstedet vest for
Resenfeldevej 17, 7470 Karup og 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. Se I 1942 faldt et fly ned i Grønhøj og T. R. Bevan.

Sergeant (Pilot) Lewis Wilson Morrison, 27 år, var søn af Lewis og Jessie Morrison, Aberdeen. M.A., Hons. United Kingdom. (Kilde: CWGC) (M A Hons er en universitetsgrad, se engelsk udg. David Geddes.)

Alle 7 flyvere fra LAN R5679 blev begravet i Frederikshavn. Se Foto af dette fly og
Fotos og tekster fra David Geddes om Pilot L.W. Morrison og de andre flyvere.
Se Min onkel faldt ned i Grønhøj.

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) See Google Map p114 Lancaster R5679.

LAN R5679 crashed here, at close range here, overview here. See Near the crash site west of
Resenfeldevej 17, DK-7470 Karup and 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. See In 1942 a plane fell down in Grønhøj and T. R. Bevan.

Sergeant (Pilot) Lewis Wilson Morrison, 27, was the son of Lewis and Jessie Morrison, of Aberdeen.
M.A., Hons. United Kingdom. (Source: CWGC) (M A Hons - is a degree from University - " Master of Arts
with a Honours level of Achievement" His was a 1st class Honours degree in maths. David Geddes.) 

All of the crew of LAN R5679 were buried in Frederikshavn. See a Photo of this aircraft and
Photos and texts from David Geddes about Pilot L.W. Morrison and the other airmen.
See My uncle fell down in Grønhøj and The first email from David Geddes to Gregers Laigaard.
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.