John Grayshan Photo: Britta Pedersen  9 MAY 2009  Updated: 12 JUN 2022

Airman: a030002.htm Surname: Grayshan Init: J Rank: F/O Service: RAF Sqdn: 10

P_link: p393.htm Plane: HAL MZ793 Operation: Minelaying Crash_site: At Sdr.Asmindrup

Crash_d: d140245 Buried_d: b160245 C_link: c030.htm At_Next: Holbæk

Den 14. februar 1945 styrtede hovedparten af HAL MZ793 ned omkring her 200 m nord for monument afsløret i 2005. (Kilde: AOD)

Flyvehistorisk Tidsskrift skriver:
"14.-15. februar 1945 (Kl. 20.41). Asmindrup, 7 km S for Holbæk. Halifax B.111 MZ793 (ZA-X).
10 BS, 4 BG, Melbourne, Yorkshire. (Minering ved Stettin)
Over Sjælland blev flyet skudt i brand af en tysk natjager, og det lykkedes 5 besætnings- medlemmer at springe ud med faldskærm før flyet eksploderede i luften, og de sidste to flyvere
blev dræbt." (FT 88-43-43) p393MACR har detaljer.

"To dræbte flyvere, A. J. Berry og J. Grayshan, blev ført til Holbæk Kirkegård. Tyskerne forlangte
en grav gravet, men gav ikke kirkegårdsmyndighederne besked om begravelsen, der fandt sted
den 16. februar 1943 ved 21-tiden om aftenen - alene under tysk medvirken." (FAF)

Flying Officer (Pilot) John Grayshan, 23 år, var søn af William og Cecilia Grayshan; gift med
Eunice Grayshan, Norden, Lancashire, United Kingdom. (Kilde: CWGC)

2 flyvere fra HAL MZ793 blev begravet i Holbæk. 3 nåede Sverige og 2 flyvere blev blev ført til
Tyske krigsfangelejre. Se Halifax Print og folk bag en Halifax klar til en mission. 7 flyvere.

 On 14 February 1945 the main part of the fuselage of HAL MZ793 crashed about here 200 m north of the monument unveiled in 2005. (Source: AOD)   

(Danish) Aviation Historical Review writes:
"14.-15. February 1945 (20:41). Asmindrup, 7 km S of Holbæk. Halifax B.111 MZ793 (ZA-X). 10 BS, 4 BG, Melbourne, Yorkshire. (Minelaying at Stettin - Szczecin)
The plane burst into flames over Zealand due to fire from a German night fighter. 5 crew members managed to bail out before the plane exploded in the air, killing the
remaining 2 airmen." (FT 88-43-43) p393MACR has details.

"The 2 killed airmen A. J. Berry and J. Grayshan were taken to Holbæk Cemetery. The Germans demanded that a grave should be dug, but they did not notify the
churchwarden and the sexton of the burial on 16 February 1943 at 21.00 in the evening. Only Germans were present." (FAF)

Flying Officer (Pilot) John Grayshan, 23, was the son of William and Cecilia Grayshan, and the husband of Eunice Grayshan, of Norden, Lancashire, United Kingdom. (Source: CWGC) He is remembered on The Walls of Names at the International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 2, Panel 172. 

See No. 10 Squadron RAF-Wikipedia*RAF 10 Squadron Association * Handley Page Halifax * Halifax Print * Halifax-BC Museum.Canada * Halifax - Bless 'Em All.
Halifax III MZ793 ZA-X took off from RAF Melbourne at 18:07 on 14 APR 1945. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.)                                        
YouTube video 37:20  Halifax MZ 793 - Lecture by crew members Peter Andrews and Jim Petre introduced by Dan Ch. Christensen, the author of THE CRASH.
 7 airmen.