Lancaster X KB709 - Kattegat 10 km off Anholt                                  Updated: 09 MAR 2021    

Airman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
e222003.htm Baillie T F/O RCAF 428 p364.htm LAN KB709 Bomb G Sea10km off Anholt d300844 e222f e222f.htm Falkenberg,S
a002001.htm Gardiner LHC F/O RCAF 428 p364.htm LAN KB709 Bomb G Sea10km off Anholt d300844 b090944 c002.htm Anholt
e222004.htm Gordon H F/Sgt RAF 428 p364.htm LAN KB709 Bomb G Sea10km off Anholt d300844 e222f e222f.htm Falkenberg,S
a002002.htm Gravelet-Chapman J B Wt/O RCAF 428 p364.htm LAN KB709 Bomb G Sea10km off Anholt d300844 b110944 c002.htm Anholt
a002003.htm McFarlane J Sgt RAF 428 p364.htm LAN KB709 Bomb G Sea10km off Anholt d300844 b061144 c002.htm Anholt
e777094.htm Plunkett L S F/O RCAF 428 p364.htm LAN KB709 Bomb G Sea10km off Anholt d300844 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e222005.htm Sparkes DAG Sgt RCAF 428 p364.htm LAN KB709 Bomb G Sea10km off Anholt d300844 e222f e222f.htm Falkenberg,S


Den 30. august 1944 styrtede LAN KB709 i Kattegat 10 km SV for Anholt under bombetogt til Stettin, se p364MACR. Flyvehistorisk Tidsskrift skriver:

"KB709 lettede fra Middleton St. George kl. 21.19, og næsten 4 timer senere styrtede flyet brændende i havet sydvest for Anholt.  Nedstyrtningen blev observeret fra Anholt, men på grund af voldsomme luftkampe måtte eftersøgningen af mulige overlevende vente til daggry. Den blev dog forgæves, og i de følgende
måneder drev ligene af 6 besætningsmedlemmer i land på Anholt (3) og ved Falkenberg (3) i Sverige." (FT 91-6-38)  

3 flyvere fra LAN KB709 blev begravet på Anholt og 3 i Falkenberg i Sverige. 1 har ingen kendt grav.
Se Lancaster fotos og Operation 30 AUGUST 1944 - ruter og tab.  7 flyvere.

 On 30 August 1944 LAN KB709 crashed in the Kattegat 10 km SW of Anholt on a bombing raid on Stettin, see p364MACR. (Danish) Aviation Historical Review writes:

"KB709 took off from Middleton St. George at 21:19, and nearly 4 hours later it crashed burning into the sea southwest of Anholt. The crash was seen
from Anholt, but due to heavy aerial battles the search for possible survivors had to wait to dawn. It was in vain and the bodies of 6 members of the crew drifted
ashore on Anholt (3) and at Falkenberg (3) in Sweden." (FT 91-6-38)

3 airmen from LAN KB709 were buried on Anholt and 3 in Falkenberg, Sweden. 1 has no known grave.

See No. 6 Group and the Canadian Squadrons*No. 428 (Ghost) Squadron RCAF*428 Squadron Association*No. 428 Squadron RCAF*Operation 30 AUGUST 1944.
See also Lancaster Photos * Lancaster - Bomber Command Museum of Canada * Avro 683 Lancaster Mk X - IWM Duxford *  Lancaster-Wikipedia *  LAN-HAL
Lancaster X KB709 NA-G took off from RAF Middleton St. George at 21.19 hrs on 27 AUG 1944. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.)  7 airmen.