Lewis Wilson Morrison       Links        Updated: 08 MAR 2021

Airman: a019031.htm Surname: Morrison Init: L W Rank: Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 61

P_link: p114.htm Plane: LAN R5679 Operation: Minelaying Crash_site: Near Grønhøj

Crash_d: d250942 Buried_d: b290942 C_link: c019.htm At_Next: Frederikshavn, gr. 31

"Udsendt på minelægningsoperation natten til den 25. september 1942 blev en Lancaster skudt
ned over Jylland. Flyet ramte jorden ved Grønhøj nord for Karup. Alle ombord blev dræbt. Hele den
dræbte besætning begravedes den 29. september 1942." (FAF) Google Map p114 Lancaster R5679.

LAN R5679 styrtede ned her, tæt på her, overblik her. Se Nær nedstyrtningsstedet vest for
Resenfeldevej 17, 7470 Karup og avisartikel Himlen lyste op, da bombeflyet brændte.
En flyver blev dræbt, da han ramte jorden her. Han kom ud af flyet for sent til at gøre brug af
faldskærmen. Den nåede ikke at folde sig ud. Se I 1942 faldt et fly ned i Grønhøj og T. R. Bevan.

Sergeant (Pilot) Lewis Wilson Morrison, 27 år, var søn af Lewis og Jessie Morrison, Aberdeen. M.A., Hons. United Kingdom. (Kilde: CWGC) (M A Hons er en universitetsgrad, se engelsk udg. David Geddes.)
Denne del af logbogen fra Navigator Duffield viser, hvordan RAF omhyggeligt trænede Pilot Morrisons
besætning i Manchester og derpå i Lancaster fly. (Fra Scott Duffield via David Geddes)

Alle 7 flyvere fra LAN R5679 blev begravet i Frederikshavn. Se Begravelse, del I - Begravelse, del II - Begravelse, del III -  Tysk gravmarkering - CWGC metalkors.  Se Foto af dette fly. Se også
webalbum Lancaster QRO R5679, Pilot Sgt Lewis Morrison, In his memory af David Geddes.
Se Min onkel faldt ned i Grønhøj. Se Mindesten og 6 pdf filer i RAF Mindestue.
Se også Foto og dokument  *  Medaljer

A Lancaster was shot down over Jutland on a minelaying operation the night before 25 September, 1942. The plane crashed at Grønhøj north of Karup. All on board were killed. The airmen were buried on
29 September, 1942. (Source: FAF) See Google Map p114 Lancaster R5679.

LAN R5679 crashed here, at close range here, overview here. See Near the crash site west of
Resenfeldevej 17, DK-7470 Karup and the newspaper article The sky lit up when the bomber burned.
One airman was killed, when he hit the ground here. He got out of the plane too late to make use of his
parachute. It did not have time to open up. See In 1942 a plane fell down in Grønhøj and T. R. Bevan.

Sergeant (Pilot) Lewis Wilson Morrison, 27, was the son of Lewis and Jessie Morrison, of Aberdeen.
M.A., Hons. United Kingdom. (Source: CWGC) (M A Hons - is a degree from University - " Master of Arts
with a Honours level of Achievement" His was a 1st class Honours degree in maths. David Geddes.) 
He is remembered on The Walls of Names at the International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 1, Panel 76.
This part of the log book from Navigator Duffield shows how the RAF carefully trained the crew of
Pilot Morrison on Manchester and then Lancaster planes. (From Scott Duffield via David Geddes)

All of the crew of LAN R5679 were buried in Frederikshavn. See Burial, part I - Burial, part II - Burial, part III -
German grave markers - CWGC metal crosses. See a Photo of this aircraft. See also
webalbum Lancaster QRO R5679, Pilot Sgt Lewis Morrison, In his memory by David Geddes.
See My uncle fell down in Grønhøj and The first email from David Geddes to Gregers Laigaard.
When lost this plane had a total of 165 hours. Then it had a Merlin 22 engine. (Source: Lost Bombers)

See also  Lancaster * Lancaster Photos * No. 61 Squadron in Wikipedia * No. 50 & 61 Squadrons Association. 
Lancaster I R5679 QR-O took off from RAF Syerston at 19.50 hrs on 24 SEP 1942. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this + Archive Report.)
See the Memorial stone and 6 pdf files in the RAF Memorial Room. 7 airmen.