William Elmslie Frew                           Updated:  30 OCT 2011

Airman: a074001.htm Surname: Frew Init: W E Rank: F/Lt Service: RAF Sqdn: 83

P_link: p351.htm Plane: LAN PB292 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: Høgsholt near Vejle

Crash_d: d270844 Buried_d: b080946 C_link: c074.htm At_Next: Randbøl

LAN PB292 eksploderede i luften og vragstykker faldt ned over et stort område nær Vejle. (Kilde: AOD)
En mindesten er rejst på nedstyrtningsstedet her.
5 flyvere omkom, og tyskerne gravede dem ned omkring 20 km mod vest ved Vandel flyveplads.
De blev fundet i september 1945, identificeret og begravet ved Randbøl Kirke.
Se hele teksten på mindesmærket. Ved denne flyver er tekstudsnittet og vor befrielse det gjaldt.

Flight Lieutenant (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner) William Elmslie Frew, 19 år, var søn af Thomas og Margaret Swanson Frew; gift med Kathlyn Doris Frew, Speenhamland, Newbury, Berkshire, United Kingdom. Han havde fået tildelt DFC, Distinguished Flying Cross. (Kilde: CWGC)
Se hans navn blandt 47 navne i St. Clement Danes og i Horsens.

5 flyvere fra LAN PB292 blev begravet i Randbøl. 2 flyvere blev ført til Tyske krigsfangelejre. Se Lancaster fotos.

 LAN PB292 exploded in the air and debris fell in a very big area near Vejle. (Source: AOD)
A memorial stone is erected at the crash site here.
5 airmen perished, and the Germans dug them down about 20 km to the west at Vandel Airfield.
They were found in September 1945, identified and buried at Randbøl Church.
See all of the text of the memorial here. At this airman the extract is  and for our liberation.

Flight Lieutenant (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner) William Elmslie Frew, 19, was the son of Thomas and Margaret Swanson Frew, and the husband of Kathlyn Doris Frew, of Speenhamland, Newbury, Berkshire, United Kingdom. Awards: DFC, the Distinguished Flying Cross. (Source: CWGC)
See his name among 47 names in St. Clement Danes and in Horsens.

5 airmen from LAN PB292 were buried in Randbøl. 2 airmen were taken to German POW-Camps.

See Bomber Command No. 83 Squadron  * The Wartime Memories Project - No. 83 Squadron.
No. 83 Squadron RAF * Lancaster Photos.  This Lancaster took off from RAF Coningsby.
7 airmen. Lost Bombers has this.