Jack Leslie Stean Updated: 10 OCT 2021 Airman: a095008.htm Surname: Stean Init: J L Rank: Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 149 P_link: p301.htm Plane: STI LJ526 Operation: Minelaying Crash_site: Øster Skerninge Crash_d: d230444 Buried_d: b170545 C_link: c095.htm At_Next: Svendborg Den 23. april 1944 kl. 23.15 styrtede STI LJ526 på en mark ved Hovgaarden ved Øster Skerninge (her) nær Svendborg. Det blev skudt ned af en tysk natjager under en mineudlægningsoperation til Fehmarn Bælt. Hele besætningen omkom. (Kilde: AOD+p301MACR) Sergeant (Air Gunner) Jack Leslie Stean var fra United Kingdom. (Kilde: CWGC) Han og de andre flyvere blev fundet nedgravet
efter befrielsen den 5. maj 1945. On 23 April 1944 at 23.15 hours STI LJ526 crashed into a field at Hovgaarden at Øster Skerninge (here) near Svendborg. It was shot down during a minelaying mission to the Fehmarn Belt by a German night fighter. All of the crew perished. (Source: AOD+p301MACR) Sergeant (Air Gunner) Jack Leslie Stean
was from the United Kingdom. (Source: CWGC) After the liberation on 5 May 1945 airmen from
this crew were found dug down. See
No. 149 Squadron -
Wikipedia and
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