Lancaster I LL950 - Vesterlund                                                            Updated:  18 OCT 2012

Airman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
a014234.htm Bailey R W P/O RAF 630 p324.htm LAN LL950 Minelaying Vesterlund d220544 b270544 c014.htm Esbjerg
a014235.htm Henderson J M F/Sgt RAF 630 p324.htm LAN LL950 Minelaying Vesterlund d220544 b270544 c014.htm Esbjerg
a014236.htm Lindsay J Sgt RAF 630 p324.htm LAN LL950 Minelaying Vesterlund d220544 b270544 c014.htm Esbjerg
a014237.htm Murton M E Sgt RAF 630 p324.htm LAN LL950 Minelaying Vesterlund d220544 b270544 c014.htm Esbjerg
a014238.htm Richardson C H F/Sgt RAF 630 p324.htm LAN LL950 Minelaying Vesterlund d220544 b270544 c014.htm Esbjerg
a014239.htm Truesdale A E F/O RAF 630 p324.htm LAN LL950 Minelaying Vesterlund d220544 b270544 c014.htm Esbjerg
a014240.htm Whiting J M P/O RAF 630 p324.htm LAN LL950 Minelaying Vesterlund d220544 b270544 c014.htm Esbjerg


  Denne Lancaster, LAN LL950, på minelægningsoperation natten til den 22. maj 1944 blev skudt i brand af en tysk natjager over Midtjylland og styrtede ned
lige vest for Vesterlund, sydvest for Nr. Snede (monument rejst her). En del af flykroppen blev fundet øst for Dørken by (afstand ca. 5 km, måske omkring her).
Alle ombordværende blev dræbt. De dræbte flyvere blev begravet i Esbjerg den 27. maj 1944. (Kilde: FAF)  
Se avisartikel, politirapport og Meldinger fra Landscentralen modtaget fra Arne Mosgaard. Se foto af R.W. Bailey, J.M. Whiting og andre.  

Se mindesten med inskription og sten for de 7 flyvere inde mellem træerne. Se også Lancaster fotos og Google Map 57 + 630 Squadron.

 On a minelaying operation on the night before 22 May 1994 LAN LL950 was shot down by a German night fighter over Jutland, caught fire and crashed just
west of Vesterlund, south west of Nr. Snede (monument erected here.) A part of the fuselage was found east of the village of Dørken (distance app. 5 km
south west, maybe about here.) All on board perished. The killed airmen were buried in Esbjerg on 27 May 1944. See photo of R.W. Bailey, J.M. Whiting and others.  

The memorial stone with inscription and the stones to the 7 airmen are among the trees. See also Google Map 57 + 630 Squadron.

See Bomber Command No. 630 Squadron and 630 Squadron Home Page, the No 57 Squadron and No 630 Squadron website,

the Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre and the Wartime Memories Project - RAF East Kirby. This Lancaster - see photos - took off from RAF East Kirby.

Lost Bombers has this.