Edward Colin Marshall           Updated: 25 MAR 2021

Airman: a050007.htm Surname: Marshall Init: E C Rank: Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 61

P_link: p086.htm Plane: LAN R5488 Operation: Minelaying Crash_site: NW of Esbjerg

Crash_d: d040742 Buried_d: b110742 C_link: c050.htm At_Next: Lemvig

Kl. 22.25 den 3.juli 1942 lettede LAN R5488 fra RAF Syerston på en minelægningsopgave i danske farvande.
"Lancaster Mk. I R5488 styrtede i Nordsøen, formodentlig nær den danske kyst. Ingen overlevende." (p086MACR)

Sergeant (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner) Edward Colin Marshall, 28 år, var gift med
Kathleen Mabel Ellen Marshall, Newport, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. (Kilde: CWGC)

Både J. Brown og E. C. Marshall blev fundet ved Fjaltring Strand (omkring her, overblik her)
den 10. juli 1942. Begravet i Lemvig den følgende dag af pastor J. Bendsen.
J. W. Morton, R. L. Storey og P. W. M. West blev efter få dage fundet ved Hvide Sande (måske
omkring her). De blev begravet i Esbjerg den 8. juli 1943.
E. Knight og R. W. Komiski forsvandt i havet. De har ingen kendt grav. (Kilde: FAF) 7 flyvere.

At 22.25 hrs on 3 July 1942 LAN R5488 took off from RAF Syerston on a minelaying mission to
Danish waters.
"Lancaster Mk. I R5488 crashed in the North Sea, near Danish coast presumed. No survivors." (p086MACR)

Sergeant (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner) Edward Colin Marshall, 28, was the husband of
Kathleen Mabel Ellen Marshall, of Newport, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. (Source: CWGC)
Beautiful and treasured memories of my darling husband. Kathleen.
He is remembered on The Walls of Names at the International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 1, Panel 68.

On 10 July 1942 both J. Brown and E. C. Marshall were found on Fjaltring Beach (about here, overview here).
On the following day they were buried by Vicar J. Bendsen.
After a few days J. W. Morton, R. L. Storey and P. W. M. West were found near Hvide Sande
(maybe about here). They were buried in Esbjerg on 8 July 1943.
E. Knight and R. W. Komiski disappeared into the sea. They have no known grave. (Source: FAF)

See No. 61 Squadron in Wikipedia * No. 50 & 61 Squadrons Association * Lancaster photos.
Lancaster I R5488 QR-F took off from RAF Syerston at 22.25 hrs on 03 JUL 1942. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this) 7 airmen.