Whitley V Z6498 - Grønsund                                                              Updated:  19 NOV 2011

Airman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
o888349.htm Bowen F E Sgt RAF 58 p048.htm WHI Z6498 Bomb G Grønsund d120941 o888 o888.htm POW
o888346.htm Browne CRD Sgt RAF 58 p048.htm WHI Z6498 Bomb G Grønsund d120941 o888 o888.htm POW
o888350.htm Goss AAJ Sgt RAF 58 p048.htm WHI Z6498 Bomb G Grønsund d120941 o888 o888.htm POW
o888348.htm Overson J Sgt RAF 58 p048.htm WHI Z6498 Bomb G Grønsund d120941 o888 o888.htm POW
o888347.htm White RTC P/O RAF 58 p048.htm WHI Z6498 Bomb G Grønsund d120941 o888 o888.htm POW


Den 12. september 1941 kl. 02.15 nødlandede WHI Z6498 på Grønsund, måske omkring her. Flyvehistorisk Tidsskrift skriver:

"32 Whitleys skulle bombe havneområdet i Warnemünde, men de fleste besætninger kastede bombelasten over den centrale del af byen. Z6498 blev ramt af flak
og var RAF's eneste tab. Flyet nødlandede i Grønsund, og besætningen antændte vraget. Branden blev observeret fra land, og politiets patruljebåd »K12« gik
straks til undsætning. Kl. 0340 vendte de tilbage til Stubbekøbing med 5 overlevende, der blev overgivet til den tyske værnemagt." (FT 86-87-2)

5 flyvere fra WHI Z6498 blev ført til Tyske krigsfangelejre.
Sgt F.E.Bowen blev sendt til lejrene 8B Lamsdorf / L3 Sagan / L6 Heydekrug / 357 Thorn-Fallingbostel.
Han undslap fangenskab under marchen i april 1945, sammen med sin chef Sgt C.R.D.Browne.
Sgt J.Overson blev interneret i 8B Lamsdorf / L3 Sagan / L6Heydekrug / L4 Gross Tychow / 357 Thorn-Fallingbostel. Ankom til RAF Cosford 21. april 1945.
P/O R.T.C.O.White i lejrene 10C Nienburg / L3 Sagan.  (Kilde: Lost Bombers) 
Sgt A.A.J. Goss blev ført til L 6 Heydekrug. (Kilde: Air Force PoWs 1939 to 1945)  5 flyvere.

On 12 September 1941 at 02.15 hours WHI Z6498 ditched in the Grønsund, maybe about here.  (Danish) Aviation Historical Review writes:

"32 Whitleys were to bomb the harbour area in Warnemünde (here), but most crews dropped their bomb load over the central part of the town. Z6498 was hit by
flak and it was the only loss of the Royal Air Force. The plane ditched in the Grønsund and the crew set fire to the wreckage. The fire was observed from land,
and the police patrol boat "K12" immediately sailed to their rescue. At 03.40 hours they returned to Stubbekøbing with 5 survivors who were handed over to the
German Wehrmacht." (FT 86-87-2) 5 airmen from WHI Z6498 were taken to German POW-Camps.

Sgt F.E.Bowen was interned in Camps 8B Lamsdorf / L3 Sagan / L6 Heydekrug / 357 Thorn-Fallingbostel.
He escaped captivity during the march in April 1945, together with his Skipper Sgt C.R.D.Browne.
Sgt J.Overson was interned in Camps 8B Lamsdorf / L3 Sagan / L6 Heydekrug / L4 Gross Tychow / 357 Thorn-Fallingbostel. Arrived RAF Cosford 21 April 1945.
P/O R.T.C.O.White in Camps 10C Nienburg / L3 Sagan.  (Source: Lost Bombers) 
Sgt A.A.J. Goss was taken to L 6 Heydekrug. (Source: Air Force PoWs 1939 to 1945)

See Bomber Command No. 58 Squadron. This Whitley took off from RAF Linton-on Ouse.
See 58 Squadron (History Page, WW II) and the present RAF Linton-on Ouse. Lost Bombers has this. 5 airmen.