Lancaster III PB143 - At Estruplund Updated: 02 NOV 2011
| Airman | Surname | Init | Rank | Service | Sqdn | P_link | Plane | Operation | Crash_site | Crash_d | Buried_d | C_link | At_Next |
| a015001.htm | Charlton | T T | P/O | RAF | 514 | p365.htm | LAN PB143 | Bomb G | At Estruplund | d300844 | b170944 | c015.htm | Estruplund |
| a019057.htm | Dell | R F | F/O | RCAF | 514 | p365.htm | LAN PB143 | Bomb G | At Estruplund | d300844 | b120944 | c019.htm | Frederikshavn |
| a015002.htm | Devlin | P T | Sgt | RAF | 514 | p365.htm | LAN PB143 | Bomb G | At Estruplund | d300844 | b170944 | c015.htm | Estruplund |
| a015003.htm | Gibbs | W E | F/O | RAF | 514 | p365.htm | LAN PB143 | Bomb G | At Estruplund | d300844 | b170944 | c015.htm | Estruplund |
| a015004.htm | Goodman | K M | Sgt | RAF | 514 | p365.htm | LAN PB143 | Bomb G | At Estruplund | d300844 | b170944 | c015.htm | Estruplund |
| a015005.htm | Pomroy | R W | Sgt | RAF | 514 | p365.htm | LAN PB143 | Bomb G | At Estruplund | d300844 | b170944 | c015.htm | Estruplund |
| a015006.htm | Stevens | N | Sgt | RAF | 514 | p365.htm | LAN PB143 | Bomb G | At Estruplund | d300844 | b170944 | c015.htm | Estruplund |
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Efter at være skudt i brand over Kattegat fløj en Lancaster i timen efter
midnat tilbage mod den jyske kyst. Flyet nåede lige netop i land, idet det
eksploderede i
Alle ombordværende blev dræbt. Tyskerne gjorde ikke mine til at samle
resterne af de omkomne flyvere, hvilket naturligt nok harmede egnens befolkning. Først tre
Et medlem af besætningen, P/O R.F. Dell, ligger begravet i Frederikshavn.
Han blev fundet druknet ved Læsø, hvorfor det må antages, at han sprang ud med
On
the night before 30 August, 1944, nearly 600 bombers flew over Denmark on
bombing raids to Königsberg and Stettin respectively. Flying over North Jutland,
A Lancaster was hit and caught fire over the Kattegat, so it flew back towards the
coast of Jutland in the hour after midnight. The plane just reached land, as it
All on board perished. The Germans made no move to collect the remains of the
deceased airmen. This infuriated residents of the area.
The airmen were not
A member of the crew, P/O R.F. Dell, is buried in Frederikshavn. He was found
drowned at Læsø, so it must be assumed that he bailed out
over the Kattegat.
See
Bomber
Command No. 514 Squadron and
No. 514 Squadron RAF. This
Lancaster took off from
RAF Waterbeach. |