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Den 21. april 1943 kl. 02.10 styrtede
LAN ED557 ned i Storebælt.
Flyvehistorisk Tidsskrift skriver:
20.-21. april 1943 (02.10) Storebælt. Lancaster B.III ED557 (11W-Y). 100 BS, 1 BG, Waltham
(Grimsby), Lincs. (Stettin) 6 MIA og 1 MA
(Bispebjerg).
"Flyet havde over radioen meddelt, at det var ramt af
flak over målområdet. Under returflyvning blev flere fly
rapporteret nedskudt over Storebælt,
og ED557 var et
af disse fly.
Liget af bombekasteren, Sgt. Clifford Walker, blev fundet i Samsø
Bælt den 28. april. Resten af besætningen er aldrig
fundet." (FT 88-32-8)
Sergeant Samuel James Houston, 20 år, var
søn af Clements og Jeannie Houston; gift med Vera May Houston, Walsall,
Staffordshire, United Kingdom.
Hans navn er på Panel 125 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne
på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde:
CWGC)
7 flyvere. Se Lancaster
fotos og Stettin +
Rostock 20 - 21 April 1943.
On 21 April 1943 at 02.10 hours
LAN ED557 crashed into the Storebælt.
(Danish) Aviation Historical Review writes:
"20 -21 April 1943 (02.10) Storebælt. Lancaster B.III ED557 (11W-Y). 100 BS, 1 BG, Waltham
(Grimsby), Lincs. (Stettin) 6 MIA and 1 MA
(Bispebjerg).
Over the radio the plane had reported that it had
been hit by flak in the target area. Several planes were reported shot down over
the Storebælt on the return flight.
ED557 was one of these planes.
The body of Sergeant (Bomb Aimer) Clifford Walker was found in the Samsø Bælt on
28 April. The rest of the crew have never been found. " (FT 88-32-8)
Sergeant Samuel James Houston, 20, was the
son of Clements and Jeannie Houston, and the husband of Vera May Houston, of
Walsall, Staffordshire, UK.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 125, among more than 20,000
airmen who have no known grave. (Source:
CWGC)
See
RAF - No. 100
Squadron *
No.100 Squadron RAF
*
RAF-Lincolnshire with RAF Grimsby. This
Lancaster took off
from RAF Grimsby. See
Lancaster Photos.
7 airmen. Lost Bombers has
this. See Stettin +
Rostock 20 - 21 April 1943.
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