John Wallace Henry Updated: 21 MAR 2022 Airman: a096005.htm Surname: Henry Init: J W Rank: Sgt Service: RNZAF Sqdn: 9 P_link: p113.htm Plane: LAN W4230 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: Smålandsfarvandet Crash_d: d240942 Buried_d: b221042 C_link: c096.htm At_Next: Svinø Den 24. september 1942 styrtede LAN W4230 i Smålandsfarvandet nær Vejrø, måske omkring her. Zoom ud. LAN R5909 gik tabt i samme operation. p113MACR "83 Lancasters fra 5 BG angreb
Wismar
og den nærliggende Dornier fabrik. 4 fly gik tabt. Mellem kl. 0215 og 0400 skød
flere tyske skibe i Store Bælt mod de overflyvende bombemaskiner, og den 26. september blev et landingshjul og
dele af en benzintank bjærget i farvandet nær Vejrø. Senere drev liget Sergeant (Air Gunner) John Wallace Henry,
26 år, var søn af Samuel og Annie Maria Henry.
On 24 September 1942
LAN W4230 crashed into the sea near Vejrø, maybe about
here.
Zoom out. "83 Lancasters from 5 BG attacked Wismar and the Dornier factory nearby. 4 planes were lost. Between 02:15 and 04:00 several German ships in the Storebælt shot at the passing bombers. On 26 September a landing wheel and parts of a fuel tank were salvaged at sea near Vejrø. Later the body of a crew member (Sgt G.W.A. Higson) was washed ashore at Holsteinborg on Zealand, and the body of another crew member (Sgt J.W. Henry) drifted ashore on Skalø (here)." (FT 86-88) Sergeant (Air Gunner) John Wallace Henry,
26, was the son of Samuel and Annie Maria Henry, and 2 airmen from
LAN W4230 are buried in Svinø Churchyard, 5 have no known
grave. |