

James William Carnley
Updated:
05 JAN 2022
Airman: a096003.htm Surname: Carnley
Init: J W Rank: Sgt Service: RAAF Sqdn: 9
P_link: p115.htm
Plane: LAN R5909 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: The Baltic Sea
Crash_d: d230942 Buried_d: b091042
C_link: c096.htm At_Next: Svinø
Den 23. september 1942 styrtede
LAN R5909
i havet syd for Lolland, måske omkring
her 1,5
km
nordøst for
Hyllekrog Fyr. (Kilde: AOD+p115MACR)
"83 Lancasters fra 5 BG angreb
Wismar (her) og den
nærliggende Dornier fabrik. 4 fly gik tabt.
Umiddelbart før R5909 passerede
sydkysten af Lolland, eksploderede det i luften, muligvis som følge af et natjagerangreb." (FT 86-88-6)
LAN W4230 gik tabt i samme operation.
Sgt C. F. Watson og Sgt J. W. Carnley drev i land ved Hyllekrog, måske omkring
her. De
blev begge
begravet på Svinø Kirkegård den 9. oktober 1942. Resten af besætningen forsvandt
i havet. (Kilde: FAF)
Sergeant James William Carnley, 23 år, var
søn af Edward Henry og Ellen Mary Carnley, Cessnock,
New South Wales, Australia.
(Kilde:
CWGC)
2 flyvere fra
LAN R5909 er begravet på Svinø Kirkegård.
5 flyvere fra
LAN R5909 har ingen kendt grav.
Se
Lancaster fotos.7 flyvere.
On 23 September 1942
LAN R5909 crashed into the sea south of Lolland, maybe
about
here 1.5
km
north east of
Hyllekrog Lighthouse. (Source:AOD+p115MACR)
"83 Lancasters from 5 BG
attacked Wismar (here)
and the Dornier
factory nearby. 4 planes were lost.
Just before R5909 passed the south coast of Lolland it exploded in the air,
possibly due to attack by a
night fighter." (FT 86-88-6)
LAN W4230 was lost in the same operation.
Sgt C. F. Watson and Sgt J. W. Carnley were found
at Hyllekrog, maybe about
here. On
9 October 1942
they were buried in Svinø Churchyard. The rest of the crew disappeared into the sea. (Source: FAF)
Sergeant James William Carnley, 23, was
the son of Edward Henry and Ellen Mary Carnley, of Cessnock,
New South Wales,
Australia. (Source: CWGC)
His duty nobly done
Virtual War Memorial
Australia has
this.
He
is remembered on
The Walls of Names at the
International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 1, Panel 17.
2 airmen from
LAN R5909 are buried in Svinø Churchyard.
5 airmen from
LAN R5909 have no known graves.
See
Lancaster * Lancaster Photos *
No. 9 Squadron
RAF-Wikipedia * IX (B) Squadron
Association.
Lancaster I R5909 VN-
took off from
RAF Swinderby
at 23:02 hrs on 23 SEP 1942. (Source:
Aircrew Remembered
has
this) 7 airmen.
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