Efter
at have bombet Stettin blev Lancaster ED 709 på hjemvejen ramt af flak ved
Jyllands vestkyst. Kl. 03:28 styrtede det i Ringkøbing Fjord på lavt vand
her
ca. 600 m fra kysten. Alle 7 besætningsmedlemmer blev dræbt ved styrtet.
1 mand har ikke nogen kendt grav. De 6 andre blev begravet efterhånden som de
blev
fundet - Sgt R.A. Whellams i 1998! Se fotos og mere i Flyvere
identificeret 1 *
2 * 3 * 4
* 5
Google Map p167 Lancaster ED709 * Skilte af aluminium.
Se i Weekendavisen den 6. marts 2015
Tysk blod på tanden
(pdf) af Morten Beiter modtaget fra forfatteren og reaktionen
Det gavnede at bombe Hamborg.
I første omgang blev Sgt T. Carter og Sgt R.S. Sidwell begravet som ukendte, men
gennem omhyggelige undersøgelser lykkedes det et hold flyvehistorisk
interesserede at identificere dem. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission blev
overbevist og bestilte nye gravsten. Se Helge W. Gram -
Lancaster ED709.
Oberst Helge William Gram, Niels Erik Stampe, Ole Rønnest og Anders Bjørnvad fik
også identificeret Sgt A.W. Cochrane og Sgt S.W. Cowham fra
Lancaster W4945
som det ses hos
207 Squadron RAF om
identifikation af
ukendte flyvere i Lemvig.
Dele af
Sgt R.A. Whellams blev fundet i 1971 og identificeret i 1995. Han blev rigtigt begravet 17. september 1998 - og samme
dag fik de 4 hidtil ukendte ved en særlig gudstjeneste på engelsk og dansk
nye gravsten!
(Kilder: FAF, AOD,Niels Erik Stampe og Bent Bågøe Anthonisen) Se Lancaster fotos og Stettin +
Rostock 20 - 21 April 1943. 7 flyvere.
Returning from a bombing raid to Stettin
Lancaster ED 709 was hit by flak at the west coast of Jutland. At 03:28 it
crashed into the shallow waters of the
Ringkøbing Fjord
here about 600 m off the coast. All 7 members of the crew perished in the crash.
1 man has no known grave. The 6 others were buried in the
course of time when
they were found - Sgt R.A. Whellams in 1998! See photos and more on
Airmen identified 1*2*3*4*5
Google Map p167 Lancaster ED709
See Signs of aluminium from the wreckage of this
plane. See
Weekendavisen on 6 March 2015
Tysk blod på tanden
(pdf) by Morten Beiter, in English
A taste of German blood.
See also Bombing Hamburg was
useful.
At first Sgt T. Carter and Sgt R.S.
Sidwell were buried as unknown, but through careful investigations the Denmark
team succeeded in identifying them.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission were
convinced and ordered new headstones. See Helge W. Gram -
Lancaster ED709.
Colonel Helge William Gram, Niels Erik Stampe,
Ole Rønnest and Anders Bjørnvad also identified Sgt A.W. Cochrane and Sgt S.W.
Cowham from
Lancaster W4945
as it can be seen at
207 Squadron RAF about
identification of
unknown airmen in Lemvig.
Parts of Sgt R.A. Whellams were found in 1971 and
identified in 1995. He was properly buried on
17 September, 1998 - and on the same day new headstones for the 4 till then
unknown airmen were dedicated to them in a special service in English and Danish.
(Sources: FAF, AOD, Niels Erik Stampe and Bent Bågøe Anthonisen)
See
No.100 Squadron RAF-Wikipedia *
No. 100 Squadron Association
*
RAF-Lincolnshire
with RAF Grimsby *
Lancaster *
Lancaster Photos.
Lancaster III ED709 HW-S took off from RAF Grimsby
at 21.59 hrs on 20 APR 1943. (Source:
Aircrew Remembered has
this.) It had a
Rolls-Royce Merlin
variant XX engine produced by Rolls-Royce in the United Kingdom. (Source:
The RAF Museum, London)
See Stettin +
Rostock 20 - 21 April 1943.
7 airmen.
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