Wellington III Z1564 - Off Fanø Esbjerg - Varde Updated: 17 MAR 2022
Airman | Surname | Init | Rank | Service | Sqdn | P_link | Plane | Operation | Crash_site | Crash_d | Buried_d | C_link | At_Next |
a014019.htm | Collie | J | Sgt | RAF | 57 | p072.htm | WEL Z1564 | Minelaying | Off Fanø | d080542 | b120542 | c014.htm | Esbjerg |
a014020.htm | Percival | D | P/O | RAF | 57 | p072.htm | WEL Z1564 | Minelaying | Off Fanø | d080542 | b120542 | c014.htm | Esbjerg |
a014021.htm | Prescott | M | Sgt | RAF | 57 | p072.htm | WEL Z1564 | Minelaying | Off Fanø | d080542 | b120542 | c014.htm | Esbjerg |
a014022.htm | Richard | G | F/Sgt | RAF | 57 | p072.htm | WEL Z1564 | Minelaying | Off Fanø | d080542 | b120542 | c014.htm | Esbjerg |
a014023.htm | Sligo | J A | P/O | RNZAF | 57 | p072.htm | WEL Z1564 | Minelaying | Off Fanø | d080542 | b201042 | c014.htm | Esbjerg |
D. Percival, G. Richard og M. Prescott blev
fundet nær flyvraget og taget til Esbjerg af tysk marine. J. Collie blev fundet
drevet i land på Fanø. 5 flyvere.
On 8 May 1942
WEL Z1564 crashed at Nordby Harbour, Fanø (about
here) on
a minelaying operation to Pumpkin in the Great Belt. D. Percival, G. Richard and M. Prescott were
found near the wreckage of the plane. They were taken to Esbjerg by the German
Navy. See
No. 57 Squadron RAF
- Wikipedia * 57
& 630 Squadron Association
* Wellington. |