Den 4. september 1943 kl. 02.30 styrtede
LAN JA713 i Kattegat syd for Tunø
(omkring
her) på
hjemvejen fra et bombetogt til Berlin.
Hele besætningen omkom. Se p219MACR. På
luftfoto Samsø-Norsminde ses
Tunø under Samsø.
Sergeant Henry Allen Eaton, 21 år, var søn
af Henry og Winifred Eaton; gift med Betty Winifred Eaton, South Yardley,
Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Hans navn er på Panel 148 på the Runnymede Memorial
blandt mere end 20.000 navne
på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde:
CWGC)
Se Den lange version fra Flyvehistorisk
Tidsskrift. LAN EE138 blev skudt ned ved Stadil under
samme operation. Se Stadil - Flyverminde.
2 flyvere fra
LAN JA713 blev begravet i Århus og 1 flyver i Esbjerg. 4
besætningsmedlemmer har ingen kendt grav.
Se Lancaster
fotos.
7 flyvere.
On 4
September 1943 at 02.30 hours
LAN JA713 crashed into the Kattegat south of Tunø
(about
here) on
the return flight from a bombing raid on
Berlin.
All of the crew perished.
Sergeant Henry Allen Eaton, 21, was the
son of Henry and Winifred Eaton, and the husband of Betty Winifred Eaton, of
South Yardley, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 148, among more than 20,000
airmen who have no known grave. (Source:
CWGC)
He
is remembered on
The Walls of Names at the
International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 2, Panel 159.
See The long version from (Danish) Aviation
Historical Review. LAN EE138 was shot down at Stadil on
the same operation. See Stadil - Memorial.
2 airmen from
LAN JA713 were buried in Århus and 1 airman in Esbjerg. 4
members of the crew have no known grave.
See
Lancaster * Lancaster photos *
No. 7 Squadron RAF
* 7 Squadron
Association * p219MACR. In aerial photo
Samsø-Norsminde Tunø is seen
below Samsø. IBCC has details
about the operation at each airman.
Lancaster
III JA713 MG-V took off from
RAF Oakington at 20:12 on
03 SEP 1943. (Source:
Aircrew Remembered has
this with details+Archive
Report) 7 airmen.
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