Den 27. august 1944 styrtede
LAN LM127 ned i Nordsøen under et bombetogt mod
Kiel.
Hele besætningen omkom. Se p346MACR.
Air Bomber D. F. O'Sullivan blev begravet i Esbjerg den 31. august 1944.
Pilot J. E. Morgan drev ind nær Vester Vedsted (omkring
her) og
nedgravet der af den tyske værnemagt.
Den 9. november 1945 begravede danskere ham i Esbjerg. (Kilde: FAF)
Pilot Officer (Air Gunner) Tom Yates, 26
år, var søn af Tom og Janet Yates, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Han blev begravet på
BERGEN-OP-ZOOM CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY i HOLLAND, 1. H. 10.
(Kilde:
CWGC)
2 flyvere fra LAN LM127
blev begravet i Esbjerg og 1 i HOLLAND. 4 flyvere har ingen kendt grav.
Se
Lancaster fotos. 7 flyvere.
On 27 August 1944 LAN
LM127 crashed in the North Sea on a bombing raid targeting
Kiel.
All of the crew perished. See p346MACR.
Air Bomber D. F. O'Sullivan was buried in Esbjerg on 31 August 1944.
Pilot J. E. Morgan was washed ashore near Vester Vedsted (about
here) and
dug down there by the German Wehrmacht.
On 9 November 1945 Danes buried him in Esbjerg. (Source: FAF)
Pilot Officer (Air Gunner) Tom Yates, 26,
was the son of Tom and Janet Yates, of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
He was buried in
BERGEN-OP-ZOOM CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY in
HOLLAND, 1. H. 10. (Source:
CWGC)
The Canadian Virtual War Memorial has
this.
He
is remembered on
The Walls of Names at the
International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 2, Panel 270. 382
Lancasters out - 17 lost. More on IBCC
at airmen.
2 airmen from LAN LM127 were buried in Esbjerg and 1 in
HOLLAND. 4 airmen have no known grave.
See
No. 115 Squadron
RAF - Wikipedia *
Lancaster Photos *
No. 115
Squadron RAF Memorial.
Lancaster I
LM127 KO-H took off from
RAF Witchford at 2027
hrs on 26 AUG 1941. (Source: Aircrew
Remembered has
this.)
7 airmen.
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