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.
Flight Sergeant Leroy Anwyll Watson, 19
år, var søn af Eric Bertram og Ada Lavinia Watson, Wavell Heights, Queensland,
Australia.
Hans navn er på Panel 194 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.
Flight Sergeant Leroy Anwyll Watson, 19,
was the son of Eric Bertram and Ada Lavinia Watson, of Wavell Heights,
Queensland, Australia.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 194, among more than 20,000
airmen who have no known grave. (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 261.
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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