Lancaster B.I ED327 - Kattegat northeast
of Anholt Updated:
04 JUN 2009
Lancaster B.I ED327 (BH-R) fra 300 PAF Squadron var på bombetogt til Stettin, da flyet over Jylland blev svært beskadiget af en tysk natjager. Pilot F/O Harry Lupton prøvede at nå Sverige, men kort før 01.00
den 30. august 1944 ramte flyet vandet nordøst for Anholt, omkring
her. Den 8. september 1944 blev liget af Sgt
Baron
fundet i farvandet ud for Falkenberg, og den 12. september blev han begravet Lancaster B.I ED327 (BH-R) from 300 (Polish)
Squadron was on a bombing raid to
Stettin, when the plane was heavily damaged over
The body of Sgt Baron was found off Falkenberg on 8 September 1944. He was
buried on 12 September 1944 in
Falkenberg Forest Cemetery, Sweden.
See No.
300 Polish Bomber Squadron *
No 300 (Masovian) Squadron *
300 "Masovian"
Polish Bomber Squadron. Lost Bombers
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