Den 30. august 1944
styrtede
LAN
KB709 i
Kattegat 10 km SV for Anholt under
bombetogt til Stettin, se
p364MACR. Flyvehistorisk Tidsskrift skriver:
"KB709 lettede fra
Middleton St. George
kl. 21.19, og næsten 4 timer senere styrtede flyet brændende i havet sydvest for
Anholt. Nedstyrtningen blev observeret fra Anholt, men på grund af voldsomme
luftkampe måtte eftersøgningen af mulige overlevende vente til daggry. Den blev
dog forgæves, og i de følgende
måneder drev ligene af 6 besætningsmedlemmer i
land på Anholt (3) og ved Falkenberg (3) i Sverige." (FT 91-6-38)
Flying Officer Leonard Stanley Plunkett,
26 år, var søn af Wallace og Lottie Plunkett, Smith's Falls, Ontario, Canada.
Hans navn er
på Panel 247 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne på flyvere,
der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde: CWGC)
3 flyvere fra
LAN
KB709 blev begravet på Anholt og 3 i Falkenberg i Sverige. 1 har ingen kendt
grav.
Se Lancaster fotos og
Operation 30 AUGUST 1944 - ruter og tab. 7 flyvere.
On 30 August 1944
LAN
KB709 crashed in the
Kattegat 10 km SW of Anholt on a
bombing raid on Stettin, see
p364MACR. (Danish) Aviation Historical Review writes:
"KB709 took off from
Middleton St. George at 21:19, and nearly 4 hours later it
crashed burning into the sea southwest of Anholt. The crash was seen
from Anholt,
but due to heavy aerial battles the search for possible survivors had to wait to
dawn. It was in vain and the bodies of 6 members of the crew drifted
ashore on
Anholt (3) and at Falkenberg (3) in Sweden." (FT 91-6-38)
Flying Officer Leonard Stanley Plunkett,
26, was the son of Wallace and Lottie Plunkett, of Smith's Falls, Ontario, Canada.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 247, among more than 20,000
airmen who have no known grave. (Source:
CWGC)
His name is engraved on the Memorial Wall at the
BC Museum of Canada.
The Canadian Virtual War Memorial has
this.
He
is remembered on
The Walls of Names at the
International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 2, Panel 227.
3 airmen from
LAN
KB709 were buried on Anholt and 3 in Falkenberg, Sweden. 1 has no known
grave.
See
No. 6 Group and the Canadian Squadrons*No. 428 (Ghost) Squadron RCAF*428 Squadron Association*No.
428 Squadron RCAF*Operation 30 AUGUST 1944. See also Lancaster Photos *
Lancaster -
Bomber Command Museum of
Canada *
Avro 683
Lancaster Mk X - IWM
Duxford *
Lancaster-Wikipedia * LAN-HAL
Lancaster X KB709 NA-G took off from
RAF Middleton
St. George at
21.19 hrs on 27 AUG 1944. (Source:
Aircrew Remembered has
this.)
7 airmen.
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