Denne flyver er en af
69 omkomne flyvere mindet på Flyverstenen i
Rebild, se
Rebild 2012.
Han mindes også i London.
Se 69 flyvere - St. Clement Danes.
Finn Buch har indhentet disse oplysninger i kort form, her som almindelig
tekst:
Natten mellem 2. og 3. april 1945 var
Stirling MK IV LK193 på operation SOE Tablejam 260
med containere, der skulle nedkastes i Danmark. Det forlod flybasen Shepherds
Grove kl. 2230, men styrtede ud for kysten ved
Sheringham kl. 2250!
(Ulykkesbeskrivelsen: "Flyet vides at have ramt havet og eksploderet ud for den
britiske kyst, nær Cromer. Det vides ikke om styrtet skyldtes en teknisk fejl."
Cromer er 6,5 km øst for
Sheringham.) Hele
besætningen døde med undtagelse af flyversergent Bennett, som senere døde af sine
kvæstelser den 2. juni 1945. CWGC bruger 3. april som dødsdato for
andre
besætningsmedlemmer, så den dato bruges også her som dato for nedstyrtningen.
Flight Sergeant (Flight Engineer) Arthur O.
Bennett hviler på
Barwell Cemetery afd. A, grav 22.
(Kilde:
CWGC)
This airman is one of
69 perished airmen commemorated on the Aviator
Stone in Rebild, see
Rebild 2012. He is also commemorated in London. See
69 airmen - St. Clement Danes.
Finn Buch has obtained this information in a short version, here as plain
text:
During the night between 2 April and 3 April 1945
Stirling MK IV LK193 was on Operation SOE Tablejam 260
with containers to be dropped in Denmark. It left Shepherds Grove Air Base at
2230 hrs, but crashed off the coast at
Sheringham at 2250 hrs! (Description
of Accident: "The aircraft is known to have struck the sea and exploded off the
British Coast, near Cromer. Not known whether crash was due to a technical
defect." Cromer is 4 miles
east of Sheringham.) The whole crew
died except F/Sgt Bennett, who later died from his injuries 2 June 1945.
The CWGC uses the date of death 3 April for
other crewmembers, so that date
is also used here as date for the crash.
Flight Sergeant (Flight Engineer) Arthur O.
Bennett rests in the
Barwell Cemetery Sec. A Grave 22. (Source:
CWGC)
See No. 196
Squadron RAF -Wikipedia *196 Sqn at
Unit Histories. This
Stirling took off from
RAF Shepherds Grove.
Google Map Rebild. 6 flyvere.
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