"Natten mellem den
28. og 29. april 1943 foretog RAF krigens hidtil største minering. 226 fly
kastede 593 miner i danske farvande og i Østersøen. Da det var
overskyet i flere
mineringsområder, måtte bombemaskinerne flyve ekstra lavt for at få landkending,
før minerne blev kastet på de rigtige positioner. Dermed blev flyene
lette mål
for flak i området. Tyske natjagere var atter aktive, men på grund af den lave
flyvehøjde blev kun få natjagerangreb rapporteret. RAF mistede 7
Lancasters,
8
Stirlings, 6
Wellingtons og 2
Halifaxes denne
nat." (FT 90-50-13) Af dem gik 11 fly tabt over dansk område. (Kilde: AOD)
Se
Minelægningsområder og
Lancaster fotos.
Et af disse, LAN W4898 må være nedstyrtet i
Kattegat, muligvis ved Hesselø, som er
her. Alle ombord omkom.
(Kilde: FAF)
Sergeant Arthur William Bond, 21 år, var søn
af William Arthur og Annie Sarah Bond, Kingstanding, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Hans navn er
på Panel 143 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne på flyvere,
der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde: CWGC)
4 flyvere fra
LAN W4898
har ingen kendt grav. 1 begravet i Frederikshavn, 1 på Bispebjerg Kirkegård i
København og 1 i Sverige. 7 flyvere.
"On the night between 28 April and 29
April 1943 the RAF carried out the biggest minelaying operation so far in the
war. 226 planes dropped 593 mines into
Danish waters and into The Baltic Sea. As
the sky was overcast at several mining areas the bombers had to fly at an extra
low altitude to come in sight of land,
before the mines were dropped at the
right positions. That made the planes easy targets for flak in the area. German
night fighters were active again, but due to the
low flying altitude only a few
attacks by night fighters were reported. The RAF lost 7
Lancasters, 8
Stirlings, 6
Wellingtons and 2
Halifaxes this
night."
(FT 90-50-13)
11 of
the bombers were lost over Danish territory. (Source: AOD)
One of these,
LAN W4898
must have crashed into the Kattegat, possibly at Hesselø, which is
here.
All on board perished. (Source: FAF)
Sergeant Arthur William Bond, 21, was the son
of William Arthur and Annie Sarah Bond, of Kingstanding, Birmingham, United
Kingdom.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 143, 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 10.
4 airmen
from
LAN W4898
have no known grave. 1 is buried in Frederikshavn, 1 in Copenhagen and 1 in Sweden.
7 flyvere.
See No. 61 Squadron
RAF - Wikipedia * No. 50 & 61 Squadrons
Association *
Minelaying areas * Lancaster
photos Lancaster I W4898 QR-
took off from
RAF Syerston on 28 APR 1943. (Source:
Aircrew Remembered has
this.) 7 flyvere.
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