John James Copley Updated: 01 NOV 2012
Airman: o888402.htm Surname: Copley Init: J J Rank: Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 7
P_link: p049.htm Plane: STI W7441 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: Lillebælt
Crash_d: d290941 Buried_d: o888 C_link: o888.htm At_Next: POW
Den 29. september 1941 kl. 18.50 startede
STI W7441 fra RAF Oakington for at lede bomberstyrken til målet Stettin (Szczecin
her). 29 år senere skrev Alec Donaldson sin
beretning om hvordan flyet blev skudt ned og han
selv blev taget til fange. Sergeant John James Copley fik tildelt DFM, Distinguished Flying Medal i 1940. Den 29/9 2012 blev en mindesten
afsløret
her
for 3 omkomne flyvere fra
STI W7441
ved siden af
Mindesten for 6 omkomne flyvere fra
Lancaster I R5702.
On 29 September 1941 at 18.50 hours
STI W7441 took off
from RAF Oakington to lead bombers to the target
Stettin (Szczecin
here). 29 years later Alec Donaldson wrote
his account about how the plane was shot down and
how he was captured. Sergeant John James Copley was awarded DFM, the
Distinguished Flying Medal in 1940. (Then DFM to NCOs, DFC to officers.) On 29 SEP 2012 at 14.00 hrs a memorial stone to the 3 perished airmen from
STI W7441 was unveiled
here next
to Monument to 6 airmen from Lancaster I R5702. |