Norman Frederick Smethurst                                                                Updated: 10 MAY 2021

Airman: e777089.htm Surname: Smethurst Init: N F Rank: Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 207

P_link: p105.htm Plane: LAN R5628 Operation: Minelaying Crash_site: The North Sea

Crash_d: d100942 Buried_d: e777 C_link: e777.htm At_Next: NO KNOWN

"På en mineudlægningsoperation nedstyrtede en Lancaster i havet den 10. september 1942. Samtlige ombordværende omkom." (FAF)
Se Minelægningsområder og p105MACR.

Sergeant Norman Frederick Smethurst, 20 år, var søn af Frederick Ernest og Minnie Smethurst, Benton, Northumberland, United Kingdom.
Hans navn er på Panel 93 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde: CWGC)

Fra LAN R5628 er 3 flyvere begravet i Lemvig. 4 flyvere har ingen kendt grav. 7 flyvere.

This Lancaster crashed into the sea during a minelaying operation on 10 September, 1942. All aboard perished. (Source: FAF)

Sergeant Norman Frederick Smethurst, 20, was the son of Frederick Ernest and Minnie Smethurst, of Benton, Northumberland, United Kingdom.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 93, 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 1, Panel 98.

3 airmen from LAN R5628 are buried in Lemvig. 4 airmen have no known grave.

See No. 207 Squadron - Wikipedia * 207 Squadron Royal Air Force History * Lancaster Photos * Welcome to RAF Syerston
Lancaster I R5628 EM-Q took off from RAF Syerston on 09 SEP 1942. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.)
7 airmen.