Den 15. januar 1942 kl. 21.38 styrtede
HAM P1341
ned ved Nordenskov (der er
her) nord for Esbjerg.
Flyet var på bombetogt til Hamburg, da det
blev
beskadiget af flak over Tyskland.
Den korte version: "Besætningen på 4 sprang ud med faldskærm og landede sikkert.
Alle taget til fange af tyskerne.
Bur med en død brevdue fundet i vraget." (MACR - blanket om savnet flybesætning)
AOD har detaljer.
De 4 flyvere blev sendt til
Tyske krigsfangelejre.
Sgt W.S.Dashwood blev interneret i lejrene 7A Moosburg / 383 Hohenfels / L7
Bankau med Sgt E.A.Moore.
Sgt A.W.Horseman i lejrene 7A Moosburg / 383 Hohenfels.
Sgt C.O.R.Rousseau i lejrene 7A Moosburg / L3 Sagan / L6 Heydekrug / L4 Gross
Tychow". (Source: Lost Bombers)
4 flyvere.
On 15 January 1942 at 21.38 hrs.
HAM P1341 crashed at Nordenskov (which is
here) north
of Esbjerg.
The plane was on a bombing raid on Hamburg, when it was damaged by flak over
Germany.
The short version: "Crew of four baled out and landed safely. All captured by
the Germans.
Cage containing a dead carrier pigeon found in wreck." (MACR - Missing Air Crew
Report)
AOD has details.
The 4 airmen were taken to
German POW-Camps. See also
The March (1945).
Sgt W.S.Dashwood was interned in Camps
7A Moosburg /
383 Hohenfels
/ L7 Bankau with Sgt E.A.Moore.
Sgt A.W.Horseman in Camps 7A
Moosburg /
383 Hohenfels.
Sgt C.O.R.Rousseau in Camps
7A Moosburg / L3
Sagan / L6 Heydekrug /
L4 Gross Tychow.
(Source: Lost Bombers)
Hampden I
P1341 ZN- took off from
RAF Coningsby at 17.10
hrs on 15 JAN 1942. (Source: Aircrew
Remembered has
this.)
See RAF
Coningsby at
RAF-Lincolnshire-info and RAF Coningsby
2018. See
Duxford 2018 with
BBMF
TEAM.
See No. 106
Squadron RAF - Wikipedia. See
No. 106
Squadron (RAF) during the Second World War. See
Google Map RAF-Coningsby. 4 airmen.
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