Norman Frater Photo: Mogens Jeppesen
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11 MAY 2021 P_link: p127.htm Plane: LAN W4786 Operation: Minelaying Crash_site: Gejlbjerg Crash_d: d171242 Buried_d: b221242 C_link: c113.htm At_Next: Aabenraa, R 2-7 "Under en mineudlægningsoperation til Storebælt, ved Nyborg, (omkring her) blev et Lancaster fly skudt ned af en tysk natjager over Sønderjylland. Flyet styrtede ned ved Gejlbjerg (som er
her) nordøst for
Skærbæk den 17. december 1942. Flere beboere såredes, og der skete skade på 13
ejendomme, da en af minerne eksploderede. Hele flybesætningen omkom. Sergeant (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner) Norman Frater var fra United Kingdom. (Kilde: CWGC) Se Lancaster fotos * Minelægningsområder * p127MACR. 7 flyvere.
This Lancaster was shot down by a German
night fighter during a minelaying operation to the Great Belt (about
here). G.T. Canterbury, F.R. Collins, N. Frater,
S.T. Hewitt and J.A. Hollinsworth were buried on 22 December Sergeant (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner)
Norman Frater was from the United Kingdom. (Source:
CWGC) See See
No. 103 Squadron
RAF - Wikipedia * Lancaster photos
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Minelaying areas.
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