Lancaster III NE167 - The Baltic Sea off Swinemünde See also p306 B24 41-29479 Updated: 16 MAY 2022
Airman | Surname | Init | Rank | Service | Sqdn | P_link | Plane | Operation | Crash_site | Crash_d | Buried_d | C_link | At_Next |
e777136.htm | Bean | H | F/Lt | RAF | 97 | p341.htm | LAN NE167 | Minelaying | Off Swinemünde | d170844 | e777 | e777.htm | NO KNOWN |
e333003.htm | Burgess | RHC | Sgt | RAF | 97 | p341.htm | LAN NE167 | Minelaying | Off Swinemünde | d170844 | e333 | e333.htm | POLAND |
e777135.htm | Jones | C A | Wt/O | RAF | 97 | p341.htm | LAN NE167 | Minelaying | Off Swinemünde | d170844 | e777 | e777.htm | NO KNOWN |
e333001.htm | Porter | E L | W/Cdr | RAF | 97 | p341.htm | LAN NE167 | Minelaying | Off Swinemünde | d170844 | e333 | e333.htm | POLAND |
e333002.htm | Rogerson | J I | F/Lt | RAF | 97 | p341.htm | LAN NE167 | Minelaying | Off Swinemünde | d170844 | e333 | e333.htm | POLAND |
e777134.htm | Smith | L H | Wt/O | RAF | 97 | p341.htm | LAN NE167 | Minelaying | Off Swinemünde | d170844 | e777 | e777.htm | NO KNOWN |
a073001.htm | Twomey | T M | Sgt | RAF | 97 | p341.htm | LAN NE167 | Minelaying | Off Swinemünde | d170844 | b290944 | c073.htm | Pedersker |
e333004.htm | Wells | J D | F/Sgt | RAF | 97 | p341.htm | LAN NE167 | Minelaying | Off Swinemünde | d170844 | e333 | e333.htm | POLAND |
"461 bombefly angreb denne nat
Stettin (Szezcecin),
mens andre 348 havde Kiel som
mål. Samtidig udlagde 89 fly miner i
Kielerbugten
og i Indflyvningen i 300 fods højde forløb perfekt,
men over kanalen blev styrken mødt af 5 svære flakskibe. 2 Pathfinderfly blev
hurtigt svært beskadiget og måtte Squadron/Leader Parkes overtog kommandoen over
den resterende del af mineringen og ønskede Porter "Good luck", skønt han
vidste, at Porters fly var i Liget af flyets Mid Upper Gunner, Sgt
Terence Michael Twomey, DFM, blev fundet ved Dueodde
(omkring
her) den 27. september 1944, og han blev begravet Operationen medførte lukning af kanalen i flere
uger, og Porters dygtige ledelse af mineringen medførte en post mortem tildeling
af en Bar til hans allerede The approach at an altitude of 300 feet was
perfect, but 5 heavy flak ships shot at the planes over the channel. 2
Pathfinder planes were soon severely damaged Squadron/Leader Parkes took over command of the
remaining part of the minelaying and wished Porter "Good luck", even if he knew
that Porter´s plane was at The body of Mid Upper Gunner, Sgt
Terence Michael Twomey, DFM, was found at Dueodde (about
here) on 27 September 1944, and he was buried in
Pedersker Chuchyard two days later. W/Cdr "ED" Porter and 3 other crew
members rest in
Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery in
Poznan
in Poland, while 3 other crew The operation caused closure of the channel for
several weeks, and Porter´s clever stewardship of the minelaying resulted in a post
mortem award of a Bar to
Lancaster III
NE167 OF-Y took off from
RAF Coningsby at 21:21
on 16 AUG 1944. (Source: Aircrew
Remembered has
this.)
See
Lancaster Photos. |