John Henry Lightfoot Photo: Mogens Jeppesen
Updated:
11 MAY 2021
Airman: a113049.htm Surname: Lightfoot
Init: J H Rank: Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 44
P_link: p129.htm Plane: LAN W4277 Operation: Minelaying Crash_site: Søst Skov (Forest)
Crash_d: d080143 Buried_d: b160143 C_link: c113.htm At_Next: Aabenraa, R 2-4
Den 8. januar 1943 styrtede
LAN W4277 ned i Søst Skov
her ca. 4 km vest for Aabenraa.
Se monument
på nedstyrtningsstedet. Hele besætningen omkom. De 7 flyvere blev begravet i
Aabenraa.
(Kilde: FAF)
Sergeant (Air Gunner) John Henry Lightfoot,
22 år, fra United Kingdom, var søn af John Lightfoot
og Margaret Lightfoot (f. Leitch), Edinburgh; gift med Jean Shearer Lightfoot
(f. Robertson).
(Kilde:
CWGC)
Den 8. januar 1943 kl. 17.36 startede denne Lancaster fra RAF Waddington
på en mineudlægningsoperation til Daffodil-området omkring
her i Øresund.
Det blev angrebet af en tysk natjager og styrtede ned kl. 19.40. (Kilde: AOD)
Se
Minelægningsområder.
7 flyvere.
On 8 January 1943
LAN W4277 crashed in the Søst Skov (Forest)
here about 4 km west of
Aabenraa. See monument
at the crash site. All of the crew
perished. The 7 airmen were buried
in Aabenraa.
Sergeant (Air Gunner) John Henry Lightfoot,
22, UK, was the son of John Lightfoot and of
Margaret Lightfoot (nee Leitch), of
Edinburgh; husband of Jean Shearer Lightfoot (nee Robertson).
(Source:
CWGC)
He
is remembered on
The Walls of Names at the
International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 1, P 63.
On 8 January 1943 at 17.36 hours
LAN W4277 took off
from RAF Waddington on a minelaying
operation
to the Daffodil-area about
here in the Sound. See
Minelaying areas.
It was attacked by a German night fighter and crashed at 19.40 hours. (Source:
AOD)
See
No. 44 Squadron
RAF - Wikipedia *
Lancaster Photos *
RAF-Lincolnshire.info: 44 Squadron
RAF Waddington now
Lancaster I W4277 KM-S
took off from
RAF Waddington at
17.36 hrs on 08 JAN 1943.
(Source:
Aircrew Remembered
has
this.) 7 airmen.