"Medens 240 RAF bombefly fløj til Darmstadt, fløj 76 Halifaxes og Lancasters til Kattegat og den vestlige del af Østersøen. Tre af mineflyene blev skudt ned af tyske natjagere." (FT 88-41-34)

"Under en mineudlægningsoperation blev et "Lancaster" fly natten til den 12. september 1944 skudt i brand. Flyet kom lidt over midnat ind over Sydsjælland, hvor det styrtede ned i en ejendom i Ørslev Kohave. (Her, zoom.) Herved omkom ejeren parcellist Pommergaard, hans kone og tre voksne børn.
Af de 7 ombordværende flyvere omkom de 5.

Under oprydningen på nedstyrtningsstedet fandt man de forkullede rester af J.M. Biggar og W.O. Hadley. Tyskerne gav den stedlige graver besked om at grave en grav, hvori de 2 lig så blev lagt. Sognepræst P. Høyer-Christensen foretog efter gudstjenesten den 24. september 1944 jordpåkastelse ved en højtidelighed ude ved graven.

3 besætningsmedlemmer blev dagen efter nedstyrtningen begravet på Svinø kirkegård." (FAF)

"Air Bomber F/Sgt David John Robert Wilcox blev hårdt kvæstet bragt til sygehuset i Vordingborg, hvor tyskerne senere hentede ham. Det lykkedes Flight Engineer Sgt Colin Richard Fowler at holde sig skjult i bl.a. tårnet til Ørslev Kirke. Venligtsindede danskere hjalp ham dog hurtigt videre til Sverige, og den 28. september var han allerede tilbage i England." (FT 88-41-34) Se mere i Colin Richard Fowler i tårnet?

Fra LAN LM268 blev 3 flyvere begravet på Svinø og 2 i Ørslev. 1 flyver blev krigsfange og 1 nåede Sverige. Se Lancaster fotos og Minelægningsområder. 7 flyvere.

"While 240 RAF bombers flew to Darmstadt, 76 Halifaxes and Lancasters flew to Kattegat and the western part of the Baltic Sea. Three of the minelaying planes were shot down by German night fighters." (FT 88-41-34)

During a minelaying operation a Lancaster was hit and caught fire on the night before 12 September, 1944. The plane came in over south Zealand a little after midnight, where it crashed into a small farm in Ørslev Kohave. (Here, zoom) The owner Carl Pommergaard, his wife and their three adult children perished.
Of the 7 airmen aboard 5 perished.

During the clear-up at the crash site the charred remains of J.M. Biggar and W.O. Hadley were found. The Germans ordered the local gravedigger to dig a grave, in which the 2 bodies then were laid. After the service on 24 September 1944 vicar P. Høyer-Christensen sprinkled earth on the grave in a ceremony in the churchyard. (Source: FAF)

3 members of the crew were buried in Svinø Churchyard the day after the crash. (Source: FAF)

Severely injured, Air Bomber F/Sgt David John Robert Wilcox was taken to the hospital in Vordingborg, where the Germans later fetched him.
Flight Engineer Sgt Colin Richard Fowler managed to hide in the tower of Ørslev Church and other places. Friendly Danes very soon helped him on to Sweden,
and he was back in England as early as 28 September. (Source: FT 88-41-34)

3 airmen from LAN LM268 were buried in Svinø and 2 in Ørslev. 1 airmen became a POW and 1 reached Sweden.
See Bomber Command No. 75 Squadron and No. 75 Squadron RNZAF. This Lancaster - see Lancaster Photos - took off from RAF Mepal. See Minelaying areas.
7 airmen. Lost Bombers has this.