Lancaster R5679 - Near Grønhøj                                                          Updated:  03 NOV 2011

Airman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
a019025.htm Bevan T R Sgt RAF 61 p114.htm LAN R5679 Minelaying Near Grønhøj d250942 b290942 c019.htm Frederikshavn
a019026.htm Coldicott C N Sgt RAF 61 p114.htm LAN R5679 Minelaying Near Grønhøj d250942 b290942 c019.htm Frederikshavn
a019027.htm Cormack A M Sgt RAF 61 p114.htm LAN R5679 Minelaying Near Grønhøj d250942 b290942 c019.htm Frederikshavn
a019028.htm Duffield J A F/Sgt RCAF 61 p114.htm LAN R5679 Minelaying Near Grønhøj d250942 b290942 c019.htm Frederikshavn
a019029.htm Dyson E Sgt RAF 61 p114.htm LAN R5679 Minelaying Near Grønhøj d250942 b290942 c019.htm Frederikshavn
a019030.htm Emerslund W Y F/Sgt RCAF 61 p114.htm LAN R5679 Minelaying Near Grønhøj d250942 b290942 c019.htm Frederikshavn
a019031.htm Morrison L W Sgt RAF 61 p114.htm LAN R5679 Minelaying Near Grønhøj d250942 b290942 c019.htm Frederikshavn


"Atter en rolig nat for RAF med kun 51 bombefly i luften på mineringsopgaver ved Texel, Frisiske Øer, Helgoland og Østersøen. 27 Lancasters fra 5 BG fløj til Østersøen, og R5679 var det eneste tab over fjendtligt område." (FT 90-46-6)

"Udsendt på minelægningsoperation natten til den 25. september 1942 blev en Lancaster skudt ned over Jylland. Flyet ramte jorden ved Grønhøj nord for Karup.
Alle ombord blev dræbt. Hele den dræbte besætning begravedes den 29. september 1942." (FAF)

Nedstyrtningsstedet var her ca. 250 m vest for Resenfeldevej 17, 7470 Karup. Se mere i avisartikel Himlen lyste op, da bombeflyet brændte.
En flyver blev dræbt, da han ramte jorden her. Han kom ud af flyet for sent til at gøre brug af faldskærmen. Den nåede ikke at folde sig ud. (Kilde: Kromand Laigaard, Grønhøj Kro) Fru Marie Betzer, Mønstedvej 16, fandt ham næste dag. Der var en stor fordybning i jorden, hvor han var faldet ned. Det blev meldt til politiet og dermed
videre til tyskerne, der kom i lastbil med en kiste. De kastede den dræbte flyver (se T. R. Bevan) og faldskærm op på ladet af lastbilen og klappede i hænderne.

Alle 7 flyvere fra LAN R5679 blev begravet i Frederikshavn. Se Foto af dette fly. 7 flyvere.

"Another quiet night for the RAF with only 51 bombers in the air on minelaying operations at Texel, Frisian Islands, Heligoland and the Baltic Sea.
27 Lancasters from 5 BG flew to the Baltic Sea, and R5679 was the only loss over enemy territory." (FT 90-46-6)

A Lancaster was shot down over Jutland on a minelaying operation the night before 25 September, 1942. The plane crashed at Grønhøj north of Karup.
All on board were killed. The airmen were buried on 29 September, 1942. (Source: FAF)

The crash site was here about 250 m west of Resenfeldevej 17, 7470 Karup. See more in the newspaper article The sky lit up when the bomber burned.
One airman was killed, when he hit the ground here. He got out of the plane too late to make use of his parachute. It did not have time to open up. (Source: Innkeeper Laigaard, Grønhøj Inn) Mrs Marie Betzer, Mønstedvej 16, found him next day. There was a large depression in the ground, where he had fallen down. It was reported
to the police and from there to the Germans, who came in a truck with a coffin. They threw the deceased airman (see T. R. Bevan) and his parachute on the truck
body and clapped their hands.

All of the crew of LAN R5679 were buried in Frederikshavn. See a Photo of this aircraft and The Wartime Memories Project - No. 61 Squadron.
See Bomber Command No. 61 Squadron * No. 61 Squadron in Wikipedia * No. 50 & 61 Squadrons Association.  This Lancaster  took off from RAF Syerston.
7 airmen. Lost Bombers has this.