John Desmond Lindrea                 Updated: 17 MAY 2022

Airman: a096019.htm Surname: Lindrea Init: J D Rank: Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 90

P_link: p160.htm Plane: STI BF463 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: Off Halskov

Crash_d: d210443 Buried_d: b310543 C_link: c096.htm At_Next: Svinø

Natten til den 21. april 1943 blev et Stirling fly (STI BF463) med Rostock som mål skudt ned ved
Korsør, måske omkring her.
(Lost Bombers: Skudt ned af flak og styrtet i Storebælt nær Sprogø, vest for Halskov-Korsør.)
Alle ombord omkom i Storebælt. De blev fundet som lig i Storebælt, mellem Korsør og Reersø (her).

Sergeant (Air Gunner) John Desmond Lindrea, 25 år, var søn af Gilbert William Lindrea og
Elsy Lilian Lindrea, Shalford, Surrey, United Kingdom. (Kilde: CWGC)

Sgt Hall blev begravet den 1. maj 1943, Sgt Tagg først den 2. juni på Bispebjerg Kirkegård. Sgt N. Shield
blev begravet den 26. maj 1943, P/O Cross, Sgt Cruttenden og Sgt Lindrea begravedes den 31. maj på
Svinø Kirkegård. Om Sgt Offen er intet oplyst. (Kilde: FAF)
7 flyvere. Se Stettin + Rostock 20 - 21 April 1943.

On the night before 21 April 1943 a Stirling (STI BF463) targeting Rostock was shot down at Korsør,
maybe about here. (Lost Bombers: Shot down by flak and crashed into the waters of the Storebælt near
Sprogø, W of Halskov-Korsør) All on board perished in the Storebælt.
Their bodies were found in the Storebælt, between Korsør and Reersø (here).

Sergeant (Air Gunner) John Desmond Lindrea, 25, was the son of Gilbert William Lindrea, and of
Elsy Lilian Lindrea, of Shalford, Surrey, United Kingdom. (Source: CWGC)      O valiant heart   
He is remembered on The Walls of Names at the International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 2, Panel 199. 
Sgt Hall was buried on 1 May 1943, Sgt Tagg not until 2 June in Bispebjerg Cemetery. Sgt N. Shield was
buried on 26 May 1943, P/O Cross, Sgt Cruttenden and Sgt Lindrea were buried on 31 May in
Svinø Churchyard. No information on Sgt Offen.  (Source: FAF)

See No. 90 Squadron RAF - Wikipedia with this Short Stirling. Stettin + Rostock 20 - 21 April 1943.
The IBCC has more details about the operation and the plane at each airman.
Stirling III BF463 WP-Q took off from RAF Ridgewell at 21:53 on 20 APR 1943.
(Source: Aircrew Remembered has this + Archive Report.)   7 airmen.