Stirling I N6071 - Near Lyne                                                                  Updated:  07 JAN 2012

Airman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
a014029.htm Barnfather E R F/O RAAF 218 p080.htm STI N6071 Minelaying Near Lyne d180542 b230542 c014.htm Esbjerg
o888416.htm Hill R I Sgt RNZAF 218 p080.htm STI N6071 Minelaying Near Lyne d180542 o888 o888.htm POW
o888419.htm Humphreys AGE F/Lt RAF 218 p080.htm STI N6071 Minelaying Near Lyne d180542 o888 o888.htm POW
o888417.htm Lawrence W A Sgt RAF 218 p080.htm STI N6071 Minelaying Near Lyne d180542 o888 o888.htm POW
o888415.htm Layfield H Sgt RAF 218 p080.htm STI N6071 Minelaying Near Lyne d180542 o888 o888.htm POW
o888420.htm Taylor JNT Sgt RAF 218 p080.htm STI N6071 Minelaying Near Lyne d180542 o888 o888.htm POW
o888418.htm Toynbee-Clarke G Sgt RAF 218 p080.htm STI N6071 Minelaying Near Lyne d180542 o888 o888.htm POW


Den 18. maj 1942 styrtede STI N6071 ned ved Lyne (der er her) vest for Ølgod. Flyet var på minelægningsoperation over de østlige danske farvande.
6 mand blev taget til fange, lettere såret eller uskadte. (Kilde: FAF)

"Ramt af flak og forladt kl. 01.00 nær Lyne, 12 km SSV for Tarm. 3 besætningsmedlemmer blev såret af granatsplinter mens de var på vej ned
med faldskærm og F/O Barnfather fra RAAF, advokat i det civile, døde efter at være blevet ramt i maven. Han blev begravet den 23. maj 1942 i Esbjerg."
(Lost Bombers)

Sgt R.I.Hill kom til i lejrene 8B/344 Lamsdorf. F/L A.G.L.Humphreys kom på hospital grundet sår og blev repatrieret den 6. februar 1945 ombord på "Arundel Castle." 
Sgt W.A.Lawrence blev interneret i lejrene 8B Lamsdorf / 4C Colditz / 4B Mühlberg.
Sgt R.Layfield i lejrene L3 Sagan / L6 Heydekrug / 357 Thorn-Fallingbostel med Sgt G.Toynbee-Clarke.
Sgt J.N.T.Taylor i lejrene L3 Sagan / L6 Heydekrug / L4 Gross Tychow. (Kilde: Lost Bombers) Se mere om Tyske krigsfangelejre. 7 flyvere.

On 18 May 1942 STI N6071 crashed near Lyne (which is here) west of Ølgod. The plane was on a minelaying operation over the eastern Danish waters.
6 men were captured, slightly injured or unharmed. (Source: FAF)

"Hit by Flak and abandoned 0100 near Lyne (which is here), 12 km SSW of Tarm, Denmark. Three members of the crew were wounded by shrapnel as they
descended by parachute and F/O Barnfather RAAF, a Barrister and Solicitor in civilian life, died after being struck in the stomach. He was buried 23May42 in
Esbjerg (Fourfelt) Cemetery." (Lost Bombers)

Sgt R.I.Hill was interned in Camps 8B/344 Lamsdorf. F/L A.G.L.Humphreys was confined in Hospital due injuries and was repatriated 6Feb45 aboard "'Arundel Castle".
Sgt W.A.Lawrence in Camps 8B Lamsdorf / 4C Colditz / 4B Mühlberg.
Sgt R.Layfield in Camps L3 Sagan / L6 Heydekrug / 357 Thorn-Fallingbostel with Sgt G.Toynbee-Clarke.
Sgt J.N.T.Taylor in Camps L3 Sagan / L6 Heydekrug / L4 Gross Tychow. (Source: Lost Bombers) Read more about German POW-Camps.

See Bomber Command No. 218 Squadron and 218 (Gold Coast) Squadron Association. This Stirling took off from RAF Marham. Lost Bombers has this. 7 airmen.