Samuel James Houston                                                                      Updated: 07 JAN 2022

Airman: e777287.htm Surname: Houston Init: S J Rank: Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 100

P_link: p156.htm Plane: LAN ED557 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: Storebælt

Crash_d: d200443 Buried_d: e777 C_link: e777.htm At_Next: NO KNOWN

Den 21. april 1943 kl. 02.10 styrtede LAN ED557 ned i Storebælt på hjemturen fra Stettin (Szczecin).  Flyvehistorisk Tidsskrift skriver:

20.-21. april 1943 (02.10) Storebælt. Lancaster B.III ED557 (11W-Y). 100 BS, 1 BG, Waltham (Grimsby), Lincs. (Stettin) 6 MIA og 1 MA (Bispebjerg).
"Flyet havde over radioen meddelt, at det var ramt af flak over målområdet. Under returflyvning blev flere fly rapporteret nedskudt over Storebælt,
og ED557 var et af disse fly.
Liget af bombekasteren, Sgt. Clifford Walker, blev fundet i Samsø Bælt den 28. april. Resten af besætningen er aldrig fundet." (FT 88-32-8)

Sergeant Samuel James Houston, 20 år, var søn af Clements og Jeannie Houston; gift med Vera May Houston, Walsall, Staffordshire, United Kingdom.
Hans navn er på Panel 125 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde: CWGC)

7 flyvere. Se Lancaster fotos og Stettin + Rostock 20 - 21 April 1943.

At 02:10 on 21 April 1943 LAN ED557 crashed into the Storebælt maybe about here on the return trip from Stettin (Szczecin). (Danish) Aviation Historical Review:

"20 -21 April 1943 (02.10) Storebælt. Lancaster B.III ED557 (11W-Y). 100 BS, 1 BG, Waltham (Grimsby), Lincs. (Stettin) 6 MIA and 1 MA (Bispebjerg).
Over the radio the plane had reported that it had been hit by flak in the target area. Several planes were reported shot down over the Storebælt on the return flight.
ED557 was one of these planes.
The body of Sergeant (Bomb Aimer) Clifford Walker was found in the Samsø Bælt on 28 April. The rest of the crew have never been found. " (FT 88-32-8)

Sergeant Samuel James Houston, 20, was the son of Clements and Jeannie Houston, and the husband of Vera May Houston, of Walsall, Staffordshire, UK.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 125, 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 51. 

See Lancaster * Lancaster Photos * No.100 Squadron RAF * 100 Squadron Association * RAF-Lincolnshire with RAF Grimsby * Stettin + Rostock 20 - 21 April 1943.
Lancaster III ED557 HW-Y took off from RAF Grimsby at 21:57 on 20 APR 1943. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this) 7 airmen.