James Charles Lilley       Photo: Knud Riis   Updated: 11 JUN 2022
                                                                       
Airman: a014154.htm Surname: Lilley Init: J C Rank: Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 103

P_link: p179.htm Plane: LAN ED733 Operation: Minelaying Crash_site: At Jordrup

Crash_d: d290443 Buried_d: b070543 C_link: c014.htm At_Next: Esbjerg, A. 10. 8

Denne Lancaster blev skudt ned den 29. april 1943 nær Jordrup (som er her) af en tysk natjager
under en meget stor minelægningsoperation. Hele besætningen omkom. Se mere ved LAN ED733.

Sergeant (Bomb Aimer) James Charles Lilley var fra United Kingdom. (Kilde: CWGC)

Nedstyrtningsstedet var her, tættere på her ca. 75 m syd for Hovmosevej 10, 6064 Jordrup.
(Kilde: Flemming Glensholm) Se Lancaster fotos.

De 7 flyvere fra LAN ED733 og 10 flyvere fra 3 andre fly blev begravet i Esbjerg den 7. maj 1943.
(Kilde: FAF) Af 207 fly gik 15 fly tabt over dansk område, se Google Map p169+MINELAYING.
Kun 4 flyvere fra de 23 fly overlevede! Se også Minelægningsområder og
p179MACR der nævner området Tangerine ud for Pillau = Baltijsk. 7 flyvere.

This Lancaster was shot down on 29 April 1943 near Jordrup (which is here) by a German night
fighter during a very large minelaying operation. All of the crew perished. See more at LAN ED733.

Sergeant (Bomb Aimer) James Charles Lilley was from the United Kingdom. (Source: CWGC)
He is remembered on The Walls of Names at the International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 1, P 63.  

The 7 airmen from LAN ED733 and 10 airmen from 3 other planes were buried in Esbjerg on 7 May 1943.
(Source: FAF) 15 of the 207 bombers were lost over Danish territory, see Google Map p169+MINELAYING.
Only 4 airmen from the 23 lost planes survived! Minelaying areas
See No. 103 Squadron RAF - Wikipedia * Lancaster photos * p179MACR area Tangerine off Pillau=Baltijsk
Lancaster III ED733 PM-X took off from RAF Elsham Wolds at 20:57 on 28 APR 1943.
(Source: Aircrew Remembered has this+Archive Report.) 7 airmen.