Roland Stanley Sidwell                    Updated:  09 NOV 2011

Airman: a050043.htm Surname: Sidwell Init: R S Rank: Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 100

P_link: p167.htm Plane: LAN ED709 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: Ringkøbing Fjord

Crash_d: d210443 Buried_d: b260643 C_link: c050.htm At_Next: Lemvig

Efter at have bombet Stettin blev Lancaster ED 709 på hjemvejen ramt af flak ved Jyllands vestkyst.
Kl. 03:28 styrtede det i Ringkøbing Fjord på lavt vand her ca. 600 m fra kysten. Alle 7 besætnings-medlemmer blev dræbt ved styrtet. 1 mand har ikke nogen kendt grav. De 6 andre blev begravet
efterhånden som de blev fundet -  Sgt R.A. Whellams i 1998! I første omgang blev Sgt T. Carter og
Sgt R.S. Sidwell begravet som ukendte - senere identificeret af danskere.
Se Stettin + Rostock 20 - 21 April 1943.

Oberst Helge William Gram, Niels Erik Stampe, Ole Rønnest og Anders Bjørnvad fik også identificeret
Sgt A.W. Cochrane og Sgt S.W. Cowham fra Lancaster W4945 som det ses hos 207 Squadron RAF
om identifikation af ukendte flyvere i Lemvig.

Sgt R.A. Whellams blev fundet i 1998 og rigtigt begravet 17. september 1998 - og samme dag fik de 4
hidtil ukendte ved en særlig gudstjeneste på engelsk og dansk nye gravsten!
(Kilder: FAF, AOD,Niels Erik Stampe og Bent Bågøe Anthonisen)                                               

Sergeant (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner) Roland Stanley Sidwell, 20 år, var fra United Kingdom.
(Kilde: CWGC)

7 flyvere. Se Lancaster fotos og  Stettin + Rostock 20 - 21 April 1943.

Returning from a bombing raid to Stettin Lancaster ED 709 was hit by flak at the west coast of
Jutland. At 03:28 it crashed into the shallow waters of the Ringkøbing Fjord here about 600 m off the
coast. All 7 members of the crew perished in the crash. 1 man has no known grave. The 6 others
were buried in the course of time when they were found - Sgt R.A. Whellams in 1998!
At first Sgt T. Carter and Sgt R.S. Sidwell were buried as unknown - later identified by Danes.

Colonel Helge William Gram, Niels Erik Stampe, Ole Rønnest and Anders Bjørnvad also identified Sgt A.W. Cochrane and Sgt S.W. Cowham
from Lancaster W4945 as it can be seen at 207 Squadron RAF about identification of unknown airmen in Lemvig.

Sgt R.A. Whellams was found in 1998 and properly buried on 17 September, 1998 - and on the same day new headstones for the 4 till then unknown
airmen were dedicated to them in a special service in English and Danish. (Sources: FAF, AOD, Niels Erik Stampe and Bent Bågøe Anthonisen)

Sergeant (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner) Roland Stanley Sidwell, 20, was from the United Kingdom. (Source: CWGC)

See RAF - No. 100 Squadron * No.100 Squadron RAF * RAF-Lincolnshire with RAF Grimsby. This Lancaster took off from RAF Grimsby. See Lancaster Photos.
7 airmen. Lost Bombers has this. See Stettin + Rostock 20 - 21 April 1943.