Laurence Arthur Rummery               Updated: 10 JUN 2022

Airman: a069020.htm Surname: Rummery Init: L A Rank: Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 12

P_link: p161.htm Plane: LAN ED818 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: Vresen Ø (Island).

Crash_d: d210443 Buried_d: b270443 C_link: c069.htm At_Next: Odense

"På en mission til Stettin - Szczecin blev et Lancaster fly natten til den 21. april 1943 ramt over Storebælt. Den nedstyrtede ved Vresen Ø, nord for Langeland. Hele besætningen omkom." (FAF) Vresen Ø er her.

"Flyets bombekaster L. A. Rummery blev fundet i havet ved Langeland (som er her) og
begravedes den 27. april 1943 kl. 14.30 i Odense. Højtideligheden ved denne begravelse var
mindre pompøs end normalt, og tyskerne havde ikke sørget for gejstlig medvirken. Der affyredes
dog fortsat æressalut over graven. Fra dansk side fik man tilkaldt pastor P. Hansen, Ansgar kirke,
der så foretog jordpåkastelsen og lyste velsignelsen over graven." (FAF)

Sergeant (Air Bomber) Laurence Arthur Rummery, 21 år, var søn af Leslie Arthur og Marjorie
Ella Rummery, Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom. (Kilde: CWGC)

2 flyvere fra LAN ED818 har ingen kendt grav. 2 er begravet i Nyborg, 1 i København (Bispebjerg),
1 i Esbjerg og 1 i Odense. 7 flyvere. Se Lancaster fotos og  Stettin + Rostock 20 - 21 April 1943.

On the night before 21 April 1943 on a mission to  Stettin - Szczecin LAN ED818 crashed into
the sea at Vresen Island north of Langeland. All of the crew perished. (Source: FAF)
Vresen Island is here.

Air Bomber L. A. Rummery  was found in the sea at Langeland (which is here) and buried in
Odense on 27 April 1943 at 14:30. The ceremony at this burial was less grandiose than usual,
and the Germans had not provided any ecclesiastical assistance. However, a salute of honour
was still fired over the grave. Danes called the Rev. P. Hansen, Ansgar Church to sprinkle earth
on the grave and bless it. (Source: FAF)

Sergeant (Air Bomber) Laurence Arthur Rummery, 21, was the son of Leslie Arthur and
Marjorie Ella Rummery, of Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom. (Source: CWGC)
Forever in our thoughts until we meet again
He is remembered on The Walls of Names at the International Bomber Command Centre, P1,  P 93. 

2 airmen from LAN ED818 have no known grave. 2 are buried in Nyborg, 1 in Copenhagen (Bispebjerg), 1 in Esbjerg and 1 in Odense.
See Lancaster * Lancaster Photos * No. 12 Squadron RAF - Wikipedia * 12 Squadron RAF at RAF-Lincolnshire.info * 12 Squadron - RAFA.
Lancaster III ED818 PH-Y took off from RAF Wickenby on 20 APR 1943. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this ) Stettin + Rostock 20 - 21 April 1943. 7 airmen.