Hampden I AE288 - Sea east of Mandø      Mandø flystyrt - Mandø air crashes    Esbjerg - Varde     Updated: 04 MAR 2021

Airman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
a014025.htm Jefferies C S Sgt RAF 408 p076.htm HAM AE288 Bomb G Sea E of Mandø d090542 b160542 c014.htm Esbjerg
a014026.htm Norton J S F/Sgt RCAF 408 p076.htm HAM AE288 Bomb G Sea E of Mandø d090542 b080742 c014.htm Esbjerg
a014027.htm Sinclair M S F/Sgt RCAF 408 p076.htm HAM AE288 Bomb G Sea E of Mandø d090542 b160542 c014.htm Esbjerg
a014028.htm Stroud H F Sgt RAF 408 p076.htm HAM AE288 Bomb G Sea E of Mandø d090542 b160542 c014.htm Esbjerg


Den 9. maj 1942 styrtede HAM AE288 i Vadehavet ved Mandø under et bombetogt mod Warnemünde (her). Se p076MACR.
(Måske omkring her - Kilde: AOD)

Alle 4 besætningsmedlemmer omkom.

Sgt Jefferies og Sgt Stroud blev fundet ved Mandø. De blev begravet i Esbjerg den 16. maj 1942 sammen med F/Sgt Sinclair.

Pilot F/Sgt J. S. Norton blev fundet drevet ind på Rømø den 7. juli 1942. Han blev begravet næste dag i Esbjerg. (Kilde: FAF)

4 flyvere.

On 9 May 1942 HAM AE288 crashed into the tidal waters near Mandø on a bombing raid on Warnemünde (here). See p076MACR.
(Måske omkring her - Kilde: AOD)
(Maybe about here - Source: AOD)

All of the crew perished.

Sgt Jefferies and Sgt Stroud were found near Mandø. On 16 May 1942 they were buried in Esbjerg together with F/Sgt Sinclair.

On 7 July 1942 Pilot F/Sgt J. S. Norton was found drifted ashore on Rømø. The next day he was buried in Esbjerg. (Source: FAF)

See No. 6 Group and the Canadian Squadrons * No. 408 (Goose) Squadron RCAF * 408 "Goose" Squadron Association.

Hampden I AE288 EQ-H took off from RAF Balderton at 21.24 hrs on 08 MAY 1942. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.)
4 airmen.