Charles Raymond Hanks   Photo: Knud Riis   Updated: 10 OCT 20212
                                                                             
Airman: a014227.htm Surname: Hanks Init: C R Rank: Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 207

P_link: p292.htm Plane: LAN ME688 Operation: Minelaying Crash_site: The North Sea

Crash_d: d100444 Buried_d: b150444 C_link: c014.htm At_Next: Esbjerg, A. 13. 23

"Natten til den 10. april 1944 foretog RAF en stor mineudlægningsoperation ved Danzig (Gdansk).
I forbindelse med overflyvningen af dansk område blev mindst 7 britiske bombefly skudt ned, mens flere nedstyrtede i Nordsøen, i større eller mindre afstand fra Vestkysten. Fra 6 fly nedstyrtet i Midtjylland, og
2 i Nordsøen, ligger 35 omkomne flyvere begravet i Esbjerg. Samtlige flyvere begravedes den 15. april 1944." (FAF) Google Map Mine 10 APR 1944.

Kl. 21.26 den 9. oktober 1944 startede LAN ME688 fra RAF Spilsby. Det styrtede ned i Nordsøen. Ingen overlevende. (Kilde: p292MACR)

Sergeant (Air Gunner) Charles Raymond Hanks, 19 år, var søn af Charles og Sarah Hanks, Knowle, Bristol, United Kingdom. (Kilde: CWGC)
4 flyvere fra LAN ME688 blev begravet i Danmark. 3 har ingen kendt grav. Se Lancaster Fotos. 7 flyvere.

"On the night before April 10 1944, the RAF carried out a big minelaying operation at Danzig (Gdansk).
At least 7 British bombers were shot down as they flew over Danish territory, and several crashed into
the North Sea, off the west coast of Jutland. From 6 planes crashed in the central part of Jutland, and 2 in the North Sea, 35 airmen were buried in Esbjerg. All of the airmen were buried on April 15 1944." (FAF)
Google Map Mine 10 APR 1944.

At 21.26 hours on 9 October 1944 LAN ME688 took off from RAF Spilsby. It crashed into the North Sea.
No survivors. (Source: p292MACR)

Sergeant (Air Gunner) Charles Raymond Hanks, 19, was the son of Charles and Sarah Hanks, of
Knowle, Bristol, United Kingdom. (Source: CWGC)
At the going down of the sun  and in the morning  we will remember
He is remembered on The Walls of Names at the International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 1, Panel 45.

4 airmen from LAN ME688 were buried in Denmark. 3 have no known grave.
See No. 207 Squadron RAF - Wikipedia * 207 Squadron Association * RAF Spilsby at RAF-Lincolnshire.info. 
See Lancaster Photos. Lancaster I ME688 EM-E took off from RAF Spilsby at 2126 hrs on 09 APR 1944.
(Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.)  7 airmen.