"Natten til den
10. april 1944 foretog RAF en stor mineudlægningsoperation ved Danzig
(Gdansk). I forbindelse med
overflyvningen af dansk område blev
mindst
7 britiske bombefly skudt ned, mens
flere nedstyrtede i Nordsøen, i større eller mindre afstand fra Vestkysten. Fra
6 fly nedstyrtet i Midtjylland, og 2 i
Nordsøen, ligger
35 omkomne flyvere
begravet i Esbjerg. Samtlige flyvere begravedes den 15. april 1944."
(FAF)
LAN JB709 styrtede i
Nordsøen. Ingen overlevende. H. M. Keates, en af flyets skytter, blev fundet
drevet ind ved Blåvand (omkring
her) den
13. april 1944.
De 6 andre flyvere fra denne besætning har ingen kendt grav.
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Flying Officer George Robinson var fra
Canada.
Hans navn er på Panel 248 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde: CWGC)
Se
Lancaster Fotos. 7 flyvere.
"On the night before April 10
1944, the RAF carried out a big minelaying operation at Danzig (Gdansk). At least 7 British bombers
were shot down as they
flew over Danish territory, and several crashed into the North
Sea, off the west coast of Jutland. From 6 planes crashed in the central part of
Jutland, and 2 in the
North Sea, 35 airmen were buried in Esbjerg. All of the
airmen were buried on April 15 1944." (FAF)
LAN JB709 crashed into the
North Sea. No survivors. Air Gunner H. M. Keates was found drifted ashore near
Blaavand (about
here) on
13 April 1944.
The 6 other airmen of this crew have no known grave.
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Flying Officer George Robinson was from
Canada.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel
248, among more than 20,000
airmen who have no known grave. (Source: CWGC)
The Canadian Virtual War Memorial has
this.
He
is remembered on
The Walls of Names at the
International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 1, Panel 91.
See
No. 12 Squadron
RAF - Wikipedia * 12 (B)
Squadron Association * and
12 Squadron RAF
at
RAF-Lincolnshire.info. See also Lancaster Photos. Lancaster III JB709
PH-O
took off from
RAF Wickenby
at 2123 hrs on 09 APR 1944. (Source:
Aircrew Remembered
has
this.) 7 airmen. |