William Owen           Photo: Knud Riis                    Updated: 15 OCT 2021

Airman: a011007.htm Surname: Owen Init: W Rank: Wt/O Service: RAF Sqdn: 101

P_link: p371.htm Plane: LAN LM479 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: Dejbjerg

Crash_d: d300844 Buried_d: b140944 C_link: c011.htm At_Next: Dejbjerg

”Natten til den 30. august 1944 overfløj næsten 600 britiske bombere Danmark under bombetogter
til henholdsvis Königsberg (Kaliningrad) og Stettin (Szczecin). Under returflyvningen fra Stettin
blev Lancaster LM 479 skudt i brand af en tysk natjager og nedstyrtede ved Dejbjerg (omkring her).
Hele besætningen omkom." (FAF)

Meget mere om den helt specielle begravelse på Dejbjerg Kirkegaard ved flyet LAN LM479.
Se folderen Flyvergraven på Dejbjerg kirkegård fra Arne Mosgaard. Se også Lancaster fotos.

Warrant Officer (Air Gunner) William Owen, 27 år, var søn af William og Alice Owen, Sunderland, Co. Durham, United Kingdom. (Kilde: CWGC) 8 flyvere.

”Nearly 600 British bombers flew over Denmark on the night before 30 August, 1944 on bombing raids
to respectively  Königsberg (Kaliningrad) and Stettin (Szczecin).During the return flight from Stettin
Lancaster LM 479 was hit and caught fire from a German night fighter and crashed at Dejbjerg
(about here). All of the crew perished." (FAF)

Much more about the very special funeral in Dejbjerg Churchyard at the plane LAN LM479.
See the folder Royal Air Force graves Dejbjerg from Arne Mosgaard

Warrant Officer (Air Gunner) William Owen, 27, was the son of William and Alice Owen, of Sunderland,
Co. Durham, United Kingdom. (Source: CWGC)
Lord, in thy gracious keeping  we leave now  our loved one sleeping.
He is remembered on The Walls of Names at the International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 1, P 81. 

See Operation 30 AUGUST 1944 - routes and losses.
Also No. 101 Squadron RAF - Wikipedia * 101 Squadron Association
RAF Ludford Magna at RAF-Lincolnshire-info and the modern 101 Squadron. 
8 airmen.