Lancaster I W4372 - The North Sea                                                        Updated: 05 JAN 2022

Airman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
e777551.htm Burrows W G F/Sgt RAAF 12 p132.htm LAN W4372 Bomb G The North Sea d180143 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777549.htm Hunter J S Sgt RAF 12 p132.htm LAN W4372 Bomb G The North Sea d180143 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
a014088.htm Mitchell A Sgt RAF 12 p132.htm LAN W4372 Bomb G The North Sea d180143 b180543 c014.htm Esbjerg
e777550.htm Mullinger R B Sgt RAAF 12 p132.htm LAN W4372 Bomb G The North Sea d180143 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777553.htm Neale A F F/Sgt RAAF 12 p132.htm LAN W4372 Bomb G The North Sea d180143 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777552.htm Richardson L H Sgt RAF 12 p132.htm LAN W4372 Bomb G The North Sea d180143 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777548.htm Withell E B Sgt RNZAF 12 p132.htm LAN W4372 Bomb G The North Sea d180143 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN


Kl. 16:34 den 17. januar 1943 lettede
LAN W4372 fra RAF Wickenby på bombetogt mod Berlin. Se Lancaster fotos.
Flyet medførte en 4.000 pund bombe og brandbomber og gik tabt sammen med 3 andre fly fra denne squadron. (Kilde: MACR) (Ingen af de 3 i www.airmen.dk)

A. Mitchell blev fundet drevet ind på Søgaard Forstrand (omkring her) den 14. maj 1943. Han blev begravet i Esbjerg den 18. maj 1943. (Kilde: AOD+p132MACR)

1 flyver fra LAN W4372 blev begravet i Esbjerg. 6 flyvere har ingen kendt grav.
7 flyvere.


At 16:34 on 17 January 1943 LAN W4372 took off from RAF Wickenby on a bombing raid targeting Berlin.
It carried a 4,000 lb. bomb and incendiaries and was lost with 3 other aircraft from this squadron. (None of them on www.airmen.dk)
The plane crashed in the North Sea. No survivors. (Source: MACR)

A. Mitchell was found washed ashore on Søgaard Forstrand (about here) on 14 May 1943. He was buried in Esbjerg on 18 May 1943. (Source: AOD+p132MACR)

1 airman from LAN W4372 was buried in Esbjerg. 6 airmen have no known grave.

See Lancaster * Lancaster Photos * No. 12 Squadron RAF - Wikipedia12 Squadron RAF at RAF-Lincolnshire.info * 12 Squadron - RAFA.
Lancaster I W4372 PH-G took off from RAF Wickenby at 16:34 on 17 JAN 1943. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this) 7 airmen.