Antony Seton Wombwell Prioleau                 17 MAY 2022

Airman: a069021.htm Surname: Prioleau Init: A S Rank: F/Lt Service: RAF Sqdn: 90

P_link: p154.htm Plane: STI BF508 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: Fænøsund.

Crash_d: d210443 Buried_d: b230443 C_link: c069.htm At_Next: Odense

Den 21. april 1943 styrtede STI BF508 i Fænøsund nær Teglgaarden, måske omkring her.
(Kilde: AOD) Det blev ramt af flak på vej til Rostock. Alle ombord omkom.

Ligene af 3 flyvere blev fundet samme nat. De blev ført til Odense og begravet den 23. april 1943
kl. 8 som ukendte. I 1946 blev F/Lt A.S.W. Prioleau identificeret.
De 2 andre flyvere fra STI BF508 blev ikke identificeret. De er de eneste ukendte flyvere, der er begravet i Odense. (Kilde: AOD)

Flight Lieutenant (Pilot) Antony Seton Wombwell Prioleau var fra United Kingdom.
(Kilde: CWGC)

2 flyvere fra STI BF508 er begravet i Esbjerg og 1 i Odense. 4 har ingen kendt grav.
7 flyvere. Se Stettin + Rostock 20 - 21 April 1943.

On 21 April 1943 STI BF508 crashed into the Fænøsund near Teglgaarden, maybe about here. (Source: AOD) It was hit by flak on its way to Rostock. All on board perished.

That night the bodies of 3 airmen were found. They were taken to Odense. On 23 April 1943
at 8 a.m. they were buried as unknown airmen. In 1946 F/Lt A.S.W. Prioleau was identified.
The 2 other airmen from STI BF508 were not identified. They are the only unknown airmen buried
in Odense. (Source: AOD)

Flight Lieutenant (Pilot) Antony Seton Wombwell Prioleau was from the United Kingdom.
(Source: CWGC)
He is remembered on The Walls of Names at the International Bomber Command Centre, P2, P228.

2 airmen from STI BF508 are buried in Esbjerg and 1 in Odense. 4 airmen have no known grave.
See Bomber Command No. 90 Squadron. This Short Stirling took off from RAF Ridgewell.
See No. 90 Squadron RAF - Wikipedia with this Short Stirling. See Stettin + Rostock 20 - 21 April 1943.The IBCC has Reason for Loss at each airman.
Stirling III BF508 WP-S took off from RAF Ridgewell at 21:49 on 20 APR 1943. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.)   7 airmen.