Bernard Francis Myers                     Updated: 26 NOV 2021

Airman: a050023.htm Surname: Myers Init: B F Rank: F/Lt Service: RAAF Sqdn: 100

P_link: p167.htm Plane: LAN ED709 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: Ringkøbing Fjord

Crash_d: d210443 Buried_d: b240443 C_link: c050.htm At_Next: Lemvig, Grave 734

Efter at have bombet Stettin blev Lancaster ED 709 på hjemvejen ramt af flak ved Jyllands vestkyst.
Kl. 03:28 styrtede det i Ringkøbing Fjord på lavt vand her ca. 600 m fra kysten. Alle 7 besætnings- medlemmer blev dræbt ved styrtet. 1 mand har ikke nogen kendt grav. De 6 andre blev begravet
efterhånden som de blev fundet -  Sgt R.A. Whellams i 1998!
I første omgang blev Sgt T. Carter og Sgt R.S. Sidwell begravet som ukendte - senere identificeret af danskere. Se Helge W. Gram - Lancaster ED709.
Se fotos og mere i Flyvere identificeret  1 * 2 * 3 * 4 * 5  Google Map p167 Lancaster ED709

F/Lt B.F. Myers blev fundet 21 APR 1943 i nærheden af flyvraget. "Engelsk flyver Myer, kendingsnummer 411043"  (Kilde: Politirapport 834) begravet 24 APR 1943 i Lemvig af pastor J. Bendsen.   
                                          
Flight Lieutenant (Navigator) Bernard Francis Myers, 23 år, var søn af Francis og Kate Selina Myers, Eastwood, New South Wales, Australia. (Kilde: CWGC)

Se Lancaster fotos og  Stettin + Rostock 20 - 21 April 1943. 7 flyvere.

Returning from a bombing raid to Stettin Lancaster ED 709 was hit by flak at the west coast of Jutland.
At 03:28 it crashed into the shallow waters of the Ringkøbing Fjord here about 600 m off the coast. All 7 members of the crew perished in the crash. 1 man has no known grave. The 6 others were buried in the course of time when they were found - Sgt R.A. Whellams in 1998! At first SgtT. Carter and Sgt R.S. Sidwell were buried as unknown - later identified by Danes. See Helge W. Gram - Lancaster ED709.
See photos and more on Airmen identified 1 * 2 * 3 * 4 * 5   Google Map p167 Lancaster ED709

F/Lt B.F. Myers was found 21 APR 1943 near the wreckage of the plane.  
"English airman Myer, service number 411043" (Source: Police report 834) The Reverend J. Bendsen
officiated at the graveside ceremony in Lemvig on 24 April, 1943.

Flight Lieutenant (Navigator) Bernard Francis Myers, 23, was the son of Francis and Kate Selina Myers,
of Eastwood, New South Wales, Australia. (Source: CWGC) Virtual War Memorial Australia has this.
He is remembered on The Walls of Names at the International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 1, Panel 78. 

See No.100 Squadron RAF-Wikipedia * No. 100 Squadron Association * RAF-Lincolnshire with RAF Grimsby * Lancaster * Lancaster Photos.
Lancaster III ED709 HW-S took off from RAF Grimsby at 21.59 hrs on 20 APR 1943. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.)
It had a Rolls-Royce Merlin variant XX engine produced by Rolls-Royce in the United Kingdom. (Source: The RAF Museum, London)
See Stettin + Rostock 20 - 21 April 1943. 7 airmen.