Sergeant John James Coyle, 23 år, var søn af Thomas Coyle og Elizabeth
Coyle, Kilnaleck, Co. Cavan, Republikken Irland.
Hans navn er på Panel 227 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne
på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde:
CWGC)
Den 11. september 1944 styrtede
LAN LM511 i Smålandsfarvandet nordøst for
Vejrø omkring
her. Flyvehistorisk Tidsskrift skriver:
"11.-12. september 1944 (kl. 23:05) Smålandsfarvandet
NØ for Vejrø. Lancaster B. III, LM511, (GI-C)
622 BS, 3 BG, Mildenhall, Suffolk (Minering: Østersøen nær
Rostock) 7 MIA.
Medens 240 RAF bombefly fløj til
Darmstadt, fløj 76 Halifaxes og Lancasters til Kattegat og den vestlige
del af Østersøen. Tre af mineflyene blev skudt
ned af tyske natjagere. Kl. 23:05 blev en kort luftkamp observeret nordøst for
Vejrø. Umiddelbart efter skete en voldsom eksplosion, og større mængder
brændende
benzin blev observeret lang tid efter.
Da nedstyrtningsstedet for de to øvrige minefly er
kendt, kan der kun være tale om LM511.
Efter krigen er en del vraggods fundet i området, men der er aldrig fundet spor
efter de omkomne besætningsmedlemmer." (FT 86-92-31) 7 flyvere.
22 APR 2020
sendte Brian Thomsen oplysninger fra Karen Petersen, Fejø, der så både det store
bombefly og den mindre tyske natjager, se Karen
Fejø. Se Lancaster Fotos *
Minelægningsområder
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Magnet-mine
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Miner 1939-40
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Miner 1940
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Miner 1939-45
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Tyske troppetransportskibe
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RAF luftangreb og miner.
Sergeant John James Coyle, 23, was
the son of Thomas Coyle, and of Elizabeth Coyle, of Kilnaleck, Co. Cavan,
Republic of Ireland.
He is commemorated on the
Runnymede Memorial, Panel 227, among more than 20,000
airmen who have no known grave. (Source:
CWGC)
He
is remembered on
The Walls of Names at the
International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 2, Panel 149.
"11 - 12 September 1944 (23:05) The
Smålandsfarvandet NE of
Vejrø. Lancaster B. III, LM511, (GI-C)
622 BS, 3 BG, Mildenhall, Suffolk (Minelaying: The Baltic Sea near
Rostock) 7
MIA.
While 240 bombers from the RAF raided
Darmstadt, 76 Halifaxes and Lancasters flew to the Kattegat and the western part of the Baltic
Sea.
3 of the minelaying planes were shot down by German night fighters. At 23:05
a short aerial combat was observed north east of Vejrø.
Right after that there was a tremendous explosion, and a lot of burning fuel was
seen for a long time. As the crash sites of the 2 other minelaying planes
are known, this can only be LM511. Pieces of wreckage were found in the area
after the war,
but no trace of the perished crew members has ever been found." (FT 86-92-31)
Karen
Fejø (see map) saw a big burning plane and a small plane that came from the
south east, marked with red. Matches the Lancaster attacked by a night fighter. Lancaster Photos *
Minelaying areas
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Magnetic mine
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Mines 1939-40
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Mines 1940
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Mines 1939-45
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German troop carriers
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RAF air attacks and mines. See
No. 622 Squadron
RAF- Wikipedia and
No. 622
Squadron (RAF) - History of War.
Lancaster III
LM511 GI-C took off from
RAF
Mildenhall at 19:32 on 11 SEP 1944. (Source: Aircrew
Remembered has
this.) 7 airmen.
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