Lloyd A. Trotter Updated: 05 OCT 2021 Airman: o888001.htm Surname: Trotter Init: L A Rank: F/S Service: RAF Sqdn: 138 P_link: p222.htm Plane: HAL JD156 Operation: SOE to PL Crash_site: Off Norsminde Crash_d: d160943 Buried_d: o888 C_link: o888.htm At_Next: POW
Natten
til den 17. september 1943 blev HAL JD156 på
vej til Polen skudt i brand af en tysk natjager. Det var på SOE flyvning med forsyninger til den
"Fire besætningsmedlemmer, hvoraf den ene var
såret, blev reddet i land af fire danskere, der var taget ud i en fiskerbåd.
Flyverne var meget forkomne efter at have De blev ført til Tyske
krigsfangelejre som angivet i Lost Bombers: "Sgt S.Francis blev
interneret i lejrene L6/357 med F/S G.T.Jones. F/S D.R.Quinlivan i lejrene 1 flyver fra HAL JD156 blev begravet i Randers og 1 i Frederikshavn. 1 flyver forsvandt i havet. 4 blev reddet og taget til fange. (Kilde: FAF) 7 flyvere.
On the night before 17 September 1943 HAL JD156
on its way to Poland was
shot ablaze by a German night fighter. It was on an
SOE operation with supplies
for "Four crew members, one of them injured, were
rescued at sea by four Danes in a fishing boat. The airmen were perished with
cold, as they had been drifting in their life jackets. In Norsminde they were
taken to the inn, where they were welcomed with great hospitality. Shortly after
they were fetched by the Germans." (FT 90-64-16) See
No. 138 Squadron
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