Dennis Head
Updated:
15 JAN 2023 P_link: p407.htm Plane: LAN RA526 Operation: Minelaying Crash_site: KattegatW of Samsø Crash_d: d120345 Buried_d: b170345 C_link: c103.htm At_Next: Tranebjerg
Den 12. marts 1945 blev
LAN RA526 skudt ned ud for
Samsø.
Flyvehistorisk Tidsskrift
- Kl. 21.16 skød den tyske pilot, Major Werner Husemann, den første Lancaster ned. RA526,
Flight Sergeant (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner)
Dennis Head, 20 år, var søn af Mr. og Mrs. 5 flyvere fra
LAN RA526 drev ind på kysten af Samsø og blev begravet i
Tranebjerg.
On 12 March 1945
LAN RA526 was shot down off
Samsø.
(Danish) Aviation Historical - At 21:16 the German pilot Major Werner Husemann shot down the first Lancaster. RA526 piloted by F/O Kenneth Albert Ayres DFC crashed, burning, off the west coast of Samsø at Ringebjerge. - ” (FT 91-9-47) (See Minelaying areas) Flight Sergeant (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner)
Dennis Head, 20, was the son of Mr. and 5 airmen from LAN RA526 drifted ashore and were buried in Tranebjerg Churchyard, 1 has no known grave and 1 became a POW. See
Lancaster-Wikipedia * Lancaster photos *
RAF Scampton Station
homepage and
RAF
Scampton at
RAF-Lincolnshire.info. |