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Den 17. august 1944 styrtede
LAN PB239 i
Nordsøen (måske omkring
her). Hele besætningen omkom.
Flyets opgave var at kaste synlig markering og derefter bomber på målet Kiel.
Andre fly kunne derpå kaste bomber efter markeringen fra denne Stifinder.
(Kilde: MACR - rapport om tabt fly)
J. S. Bruce, M. B. Calhoun og J. W. Carter har ingen kendt grav. (Kilde: FAF)
Flight Lieutenant John Samuel Bruce, 32 år, britisk statsborger, var søn
af Harry og Janet Bruce, Sour Lake,
Texas, U.S.A.; gift med Hazel Elizabeth N. Bruce, Sour Lake. Master Mariner.
Hans navn er
på Panel 201 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne
på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde:
CWGC)
2 flyvere fra
LAN PB239 blev begravet i Kirkeby, 1 i Esbjerg og 2 i
Kiel i Tyskland. 3 har ingen kendt grav. 8
flyvere.
On 17 August 1944
LAN PB239 crashed in the North Sea (maybe about
here). All
of the crew perished.
The mission of this aircraft was visual marking and bombing targeting Kiel. (Source:
MACR)
The Pathfinders
helped to make bombing more accurate.
J. S. Bruce, M. B. Calhoun and J. W. Carter have no known grave. (Source: FAF)
Flight Lieutenant John Samuel Bruce, 32, a
citizen of the United Kingdom, was the son of Harry and Janet Bruce,
of Sour Lake, Texas, U.S.A., and the husband of Hazel Elizabeth N. Bruce, of
Sour Lake. Master Mariner.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 201, among more than
20,000 airmen who have no known grave. (Source:
CWGC)
2 airmen from
LAN PB239 were buried in Kirkeby, 1 in Esbjerg and 2 in
Kiel in Germany. 3 have no known grave.
See
Bomber Command No. 405 Squadron RCAF *
405 Squadron - The
Canadians *
No. 405 Squadron of Canadian Wings * Lancaster
Photos
This
Canadian Lancaster took off
from RAF Gransden
Lodge. Lost Bombers has
this.
8 airmen.
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