James Frederick Butson                                                                        Updated:  10 JAN 2012

Airman: e444048.htm Surname: Butson Init: J F Rank: P/O Service: RAF Sqdn: 7

P_link: p347.htm Plane: LAN PB180 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: The Baltic Sea

Crash_d: d270844 Buried_d: e444 C_link: e444.htm At_Next: GERMANY

Den 27. august 1944 styrtede LAN PB180 i Østersøen eller den sydlige del af Øresund. Hele besætningen omkom. Flyvehistorisk Tidsskrift skriver:

"382 RAF bombefly bombede de centrale dele af Kiel (her), og 17 Lancasters gik tabt. PB180 gik tabt over Østersøen, og liget af flight engineer
F/Sgt Albert Kenneth Wooliscroft drev i land ved Fællesskov rev (omkring her) den 15. september 1944. Tre dage senere blev han begravet på
Lyderslev kirkegård." (FT 88-41-32)

Pilot Officer (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner) James Frederick Butson var fra United Kingdom.
Han er begravet på Kiel War Cemetery i TYSKLAND.
(Kilde: CWGC)

1 flyver fra LAN PB180 er begravet i Lyderslev, 1 i Malmø, Sverige, 2 i Kiel, Tyskland og 3 har ingen kendt grav. 7 flyvere.

On 27 August 1944 LAN PB180 crashed in the Baltic Sea or the southern part of the Øresund. All of the crew perished. (Danish) Aviation Historical Review writes:

"382 bombers from the RAF bombed the central parts of Kiel (here) and 17 Lancasters were lost. PB180 was lost over the Baltic Sea.
On 15 September 1944 the body of F/Sgt (Flight Engineer) Albert Kenneth Wooliscroft drifted ashore at Fællesskov Rev (about here).
Three days later he was buried in Lyderslev Churchyard." (FT 88-41-32)

Pilot Officer (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner) James Frederick Butson was from the United Kingdom.
He is buried in Kiel War Cemetery in GERMANY. (Source: CWGC)

1 airman from LAN PB180 is buried in Lyderslev, 1 in Malmø, Sweden, 2 in Kiel, Germany and 3 airmen have no known grave.
See Bomber Command No. 7 Squadron
and 7 Squadron Association. This Lancaster took off from RAF Oakington.
See also Former RAF Oakington and Lancaster Photos. Lost Bombers has this. 7 airmen.