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Ved
LAN R5679
citerer jeg fra FT 90-46-6 Flyvehistorisk Tidsskrift teksten om
Lancasteren ved Grønhøj, men jeg udelod fortsættelsen:
"En anden episode denne nat giver en god beskrivelse
af de engelske bombeflys problemer denne nat.
Lancaster R5724 kastede sine miner i Fehmarn Bælt (her),
De to tyske
natjagere var forsvundet, men problemerne var
langt fra løst. Efter et stykke
tid fik besætningen slukket branden, og uden instrumenter og kort
fortsatte Se også pdf-fil 5,28 MB på engelsk fra Mike Brewser 15. december 2013 Accounts of R5724 and R5679 og teksten til højre på Lancaster R5679, 25 SEP 1942.
On
LAN R5679 I quote from FT 90-46-6 (Danish)
Aviation Historical Review the text about the Grønhøj Lancaster, but I
left out the continuation:
The two German night fighters had disappeared,
but the problems were far from solved. After some time the crew managed to
extinguish the fire, and without
instruments and maps the long and cold flight back to England continued. At 0430 hours the two pilots made a perfect belly landing at RAF Wittering. R5724 had to be given up, but Sgt Campbell was immediately promoted Pilot Officer and all of the crew were awarded the DFM. On the night before 11 November 1942 12 Lancasters flew on minelaying operations along the coast of France. In the meantime fog descended over the airfields in England, and on the return flight Lancaster W4244 hit a hill near Exeter. P/O P. Campbell and his crew were killed."
See also a pdf-file 5.28 MB from Mike Brewser
on 15 DEC 2013 Accounts of R5724 and
R5679 and the text on the right side of
Lancaster R5679, 25 SEP 1942. |