William Samuel Baxter                                                                           Updated: 14 JAN 2022

Airman: e444047.htm Surname: Baxter Init: W S Rank: P/O Service: RAAF Sqdn: 7

P_link: p347.htm Plane: LAN PB180 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: The Baltic Sea

Crash_d: d270844 Buried_d: e444 C_link: e444.htm At_Next: Kiel, GERMANY

Den 27. august 1944 styrtede LAN PB180 i Østersøen eller den sydlige del af Øresund. Hele besætningen omkom. Flyvehistorisk Tidsskrift skriver:

"382 RAF bombefly bombede de centrale dele af Kiel, og 17 Lancasters gik tabt. PB180 gik tabt over Østersøen, og liget af flight engineer
F/Sgt Albert Kenneth Wooliscroft drev i land ved Fællesskov rev (omkring her) den 15. september 1944. Tre dage senere blev han begravet på
Lyderslev kirkegård." (FT 88-41-32)

Pilot Officer William Samuel Baxter, 22 år, var søn af Samuel og Annie Jane Baxter, Picola, Victoria, Australien.
Han er begravet på KIEL WAR CEMETERY i TYSKLAND.
(Kilde: CWGC) Se 1. J. 21, overblik.

1 flyver fra LAN PB180 er begravet i Lyderslev, 1 i Malmø, Sverige, 2 i Kiel, Tyskland og 3 har ingen kendt grav. 7 flyvere. 

On 27 August 1944 LAN PB180 crashed in the Baltic Sea or the southern part of the Øresund. All of the crew perished. (Danish) Aviation Historical Review writes:

"382 bombers from the RAF bombed the central parts of Kiel and 17 Lancasters were lost. PB180 was lost over the Baltic Sea.
On 15 September 1944 the body of F/Sgt (Flight Engineer) Albert Kenneth Wooliscroft drifted ashore at Fællesskov Rev (about here).
Three days later he was buried in Lyderslev Churchyard." (FT 88-41-32)

Pilot Officer William Samuel Baxter, 22, was the son of Samuel and Annie Jane Baxter, of Picola, Victoria, Australia.
He is buried in KIEL WAR CEMETERY in GERMANY, 1. J. 21,see overview. (Source: CWGC) Virtual War Memorial Australia has this.
He is remembered on The Walls of Names at the International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 2, Panel 164. 

1 airman from LAN PB180 is buried in Lyderslev, 1 in Malmø, Sweden, 2 in Kiel, Germany and 3 airmen have no known grave.

See Lancaster * Lancaster Photos * No. 7 Squadron RAF -Wikipedia * 7 Squadron Association * IBCC has operational details at each airman.
Lancaster III PB180 MG-F took off from RAF Oakington at 20:03 on 26 AUG 1944. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this) 7 airmen.