Den 27. august 1944 kl. 02.25 styrtede
LAN ND807 i havet nordøst for
Sejerø, omkring
her. Flyvehistorisk Tidsskrift skriver:
"174 Lancasters skulle bombe havneområdet i Königsberg (Kaliningrad,
her),
hvorfra den vigende tyske hær fik livsvigtige
forsyninger. 4 Lancasters gik tabt, hvoraf de
3 blev skudt ned over dansk område af tyske natjagere.
Over Sejerø bugten blev ND807 pludselig ramt af »Schräge Musik« (faste
maskingeværer, der skyder opad)
fra en tysk natjager, der havde listet sig ind under
det engelske bombefly. Vingetankene brød i brand, og
kun de to skytter nåede at forlade flyet med faldskærm, før
det ramte vandet og eksploderede. Reargunner, F/Sgt Trefor Roebeck Glandon Owen,
druknede og blev den 26. oktober begravet på
Grebbestad kirkegård i Sverige.
Efter krigen blev han
overflyttet til Kviberg kirkegård ved
Göteborg. Mid-upper gunner, Sgt. Robert Allan
Swolf, blev om morgenen samlet op af to beboere
fra Sejerø,
og ved ankomsten til øen blev han taget til fange af tyskerne. Resten af
besætningen har ingen kendt grav." (FT 88-41-31)
Flying Officer Thomas Neil McCurdy, 27 år,
var søn af John William og Emily Harris McCurdy, Coleraine, Victoria, Australien;
gift med M. E. McCurdy, Coleraine,
Victoria. Hans navn er på Panel 257 på the
Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne
på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde:
CWGC)
1 flyver fra
LAN ND807 blev
begravet i Sverige, 5 har ingen kendt grav og 1 blev taget til fange af
tyskerne. 7 flyvere.
On 27 August 1944 at 02.25 hours
LAN ND807 crashed into the sea north east of Sejerø,
about
here. (Danish) Aviation Historical Review writes:
"174 Lancasters were to bomb the harbour of Königsberg (Kaliningrad,
here)
from which the retreating German army received vital supplies. 4 Lancasters were
lost.
3 of them were shot down over Danish territory by German night fighters.
Suddenly over the Sejerø Bay ND807 was hit by
Schräge Musik (upward firing guns) from
a German night fighter which had sneaked in below the English bomber. The wing
tanks caught fire and only the 2 gunners managed to bail out before the plane
hit the water and exploded. Reargunner, F/Sgt Trefor Roebeck Glandon Owen
drowned. On 26 October 1944 he was buried in Grebbestad Churchyard in Sweden.
After the war he was taken to
Kviberg Cemetery near Gothenburg. In
the morning
Mid-upper gunner, Sgt. Robert
Allan Swolf was picked up by two residents of
Sejerø. He was captured by the Germans when he arrived at the island. The rest
of the crew have no known grave." (FT 88-41-31)
Flying Officer Thomas Neil McCurdy, 27,
was the son of John William and Emily Harris McCurdy, of Coleraine, Victoria,
Australia, and the husband of
M. E. McCurdy, of Coleraine, Victoria.
He is commemorated on the
Runnymede Memorial, Panel 257, 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 1, Panel 70.
1 airman from
LAN ND807 was buried in Sweden, 5 have no known graves
and 1 one was captured by the Germans.
Lancaster I
AE301 ZN- took off from
RAF Coningsby at 2200
hrs on 26 AUG 1941. (Source: Aircrew
Remembered has
this.)
See
Lancaster Photos. See
No. 97 Squadron RAF
- Wikipedia and
97
Squadron Association.
No. 97 Squadron
(RAF) during the Second World War. See
RAF
Coningsby at
RAF-Lincolnshire-info and RAF Coningsby
2018. See
Google Map RAF-Coningsby.
7 airmen.
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