Den 29. september 1943 kl. 18.24 lettede
LAN JB143 fra RAF Skellingthorpe på en minelægningsopgave
til Spinach I (Østersøen ud for
Gdynia).
Flyet blev angrebet af en tysk natjager og landede på Nordsøen på position
55`50N 05`38E kl. 01.43 den 30. september 1943.
Hele besætningen kom ud af flyet. (Kilde: AOD)
"Navigator Sgt Bernard Ridsdale blev skyllet
bort af en bølge og forsvandt. Han har ikke nogen kendt grav og mindes på Runnymede Memorial.
Resten af besætningen med Pilot P/O R. M. Code RCAF, Flight Engineer Sgt A. E. Langford, Air Bomber Sgt E. F. Coling, Wireless
Operator P/O A. Noble,
Air Gunner Sgt H. J.
Boyton og Air Gunner Sgt C. R. Moad RCAF drev afsted i gummibåden til de blev
observeret fra fiskekutter FN 416 ” Niels Aaen” af Frederikshavn.
Den 3. oktober blev de taget med til Thyborøn.
Ved ankomsten blev de krigsfanger hos den tyske værnemagt og sendt til Dulag
Luft i Oberursel nær Frankfurt.
Efter forhør blev Code og Noble sendt til
Stalag Luft III Sagan,
mens de andre blev sendt til Stalag IVB Mühlberg a.d.Elbe."
(AOD)
Se Tyske krigsfangelejre og
Lancaster fotos. 7 flyvere.
On 29 September 1943 at 18.24 hours
LAN JB143 took off from RAF Skellingthorpe on a
minelaying mission to Spinach I (Baltic Sea off
Gdynia).
It was attacked by a German night fighter and ditched in the North Sea on a
position 55`50N 05`38E at 01.43 hours on 30 September 1943.
All of the crew got out of the bomber. (Source: AOD)
"Navigator Sgt Bernard Ridsdale was washed away
by a wave and disappeared. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the
Runnymede Memorial.
The remaining crew who were Pilot P/O R.M. Code RCAF, Flight Engineer Sgt A. E. Langford, Air Bomber Sgt E. F. Coling, Wireless Operator P/O A. Noble,
Air Gunner Sgt H. J.
Boyton and Air Gunner Sgt C. R. Moad RCAF drifted in the dinghy until they were
observed from the fishing vessel FN 416 ” Niels Aaen”
of Frederikshavn and on
3 October taken to Thyborøn.
Upon arrival they were made POW`s by the German Wehrmacht and sent to
Dulag Luft at Oberursel near Frankfurt. After interrogation Code and Noble were
sent to
Stalag Luft III Sagan while the others were sent to
Stalag IVB Mühlberg a.d.Elbe."
(AOD) See
German POW-Camps.
See No.
50 Squadron RAF - Wikipedia *
RAF-Lincolnshire.info
about 50 Squadron RAF
* No. 50 & 61 Squadrons
Association *
Lancaster Photos * Lancaster.
Lancaster III JB143 VN-L
took off from
RAF Skellingthorpe
at 1824 hrs on 29 SEP 1943. (Source:
Aircrew Remembered
has
this +
Archive
Report.) 7 airmen.
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