Lancaster I R5741 - The North Sea                                                        Updated: 10 MAY 2021

Airman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
e777511.htm Byrom A Sgt RAF 97 p104.htm LAN R5741 Bomb G The North Sea d020942 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
a050010.htm Coaker F P Sgt RAF 97 p104.htm LAN R5741 Bomb G The North Sea d020942 b171142 c050.htm Lemvig
e777513.htm Jones L G Sgt RAF 97 p104.htm LAN R5741 Bomb G The North Sea d020942 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777510.htm McNeil A Sgt RAF 97 p104.htm LAN R5741 Bomb G The North Sea d020942 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
a014054.htm Morgan R H Wt/O RCAF 97 p104.htm LAN R5741 Bomb G The North Sea d020942 b041142 c014.htm Esbjerg
e777514.htm Priest A F Sgt RAF 97 p104.htm LAN R5741 Bomb G The North Sea d020942 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777512.htm Walls R B F/Sgt RCAF 97 p104.htm LAN R5741 Bomb G The North Sea d020942 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN


Den 2. september 1942 styrtede  LAN R5741 i havet. Hele besætningen omkom.
Flyet forlod RAF Woodhall Spa kl. 23.46 den 1. september 1942 på et bombetogt mod Saarbrücken. (Kilde: p104MACR)

Netop startet på en mission måtte dette fly vende om på grund af tekniske vanskeligheder. Fra basen gav man over radioen piloten besked om, at han skulle lette
flyet for en del af sit brændstof. Flyet må være styrtet i havet. (Kilde FAF)

R. H. Morgan blev ført fra Fanø til Esbjerg og blev begravet den 4. november 1942. (Kilde FAF)
F. P. Coaker må være drevet ind på Vestkysten (måske omkring her). Han blev begravet i Lemvig af sognepræsten den 17. november 1942. (Kilde FAF)

1 flyver fra LAN R5741 blev begravet i Esbjerg og 1 i Lemvig. 5 flyvere har ingen kendt grav.
Se Lancaster fotos.  7 flyvere.

On 2 September 1942 LAN R5741 crashed into the sea. All of the crew perished.
The plane left RAF Woodhall Spa at 2346 hours on 1 September 1942 on a bombing raid targeting Saarbrücken. (Source: p104MACR)

Right after the start of a mission this plane had to turn around due to technical problems. From the base the Pilot was ordered by radio to lighten
the plane for part of its fuel. The plane must have crashed into the sea. (Source: FAF)

R. H. Morgan was taken from Fanø to Esbjerg. He was buried on 4 November 1942. (Source: FAF)
F. P Coaker must have been washed ashore on the western coast of Jutland (maybe about here). On 17 November 1942 he was buried in Lemvig.
The Vicar officiated at the graveside ceremony. (Source: FAF)

1 airman from LAN R5741 was buried in Esbjerg and 1 in Lemvig. 5 airmen have no known grave.
See No. 97 Squadron RAF (Wikipedia) and 97 Squadron Association.  See Lancaster Photos.
Lancaster I R5741 DF-K took off from RAF Woodhall Spa at 23.46 hrs on 01 SEP 1942. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.)
See also RAF Woodhall Spa at RAF-Lincolnshire-info. 7 airmen.