John Hitchin Howorth Updated: 12 MAY 2021 Airman: e777143.htm Surname: Howorth Init: J H Rank: Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 9 P_link: p142.htm Plane: LAN ED494 Operation: Minelaying Crash_site: The Baltic Sea Crash_d: d140343 Buried_d: e777 C_link: e777.htm At_Next: NO KNOWN
LAN ED494 startede
den 13. marts 1943 fra RAF Waddington
på en minelægningsmission til
Gdynia/Gdansk. Flyet styrtede ned
ud for Rønne. Se
p142MACR.
Sergeant John Hitchin Howorth var fra United Kingdom. Se Minelægningsområder * Lancaster fotos. 7 flyvere. On 13 March 1943 LAN ED494 took off from RAF Waddington on a minelaying mission to Gdynia/Gdansk. The plane crashed off Rønne. See p142MACR. "17 Lancasters from 5 Bomb Group were to lay mines a number of places in the Baltic Sea. At Gdynia there was dense fog, and the planes for this target had to find alternative drop zones. An unknown 4-engined bomber was shot at by the German navy in Rønne Harbour (here) and from several German navy vessels at anchor off the harbour. The plane crashed, burning, into the sea, and debris was found in the area the following day. Lancaster ED494 was the RAF´s only loss over the Baltic Sea this night, and no trace of the crew has ever been found." (FT 87-92-1)
Sergeant John Hitchin Howorth was from the United Kingdom. See
No. 9 Squadron RAF -
Wikipedia *
IX(B) Squadron - Lincolnshire.info *
IX Squadron Association * Lancaster Photos
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Minelaying areas |