4 Lancastere fra 433 BS skulle den 12.
marts 1945 nedkaste hver 6 x 1850 lbs MK IV miner i Kattegat (omkring
her). Kl. 17.46 lettede LAN NG233 fra
Skipton-on-Swale med F/O J. P. Farrell og hans besætning på deres 9. fælles
togt. Minerne blev kastet mellem 21.00 og 21.10. På hjemturen blev flyet
angrebet
sydvest for Samsø kl. 21.27 og brød i brand.
Ud for As Hoved
ramte
LAN NG233 vandet omkring
her og sank på få minutter.
En dansk fisker
observerede nedstyrtningen
og fik hurtigt sin båd i vandet, men uden resultat.
Den 27. maj drev liget af bombekasteren, F/O A.
V. Plante, i land ved As Vig (her
ved Pøt Strand. Kilde: Bent Daugaard). Han blev begravet i Horsens 4 dage senere.
De andre besætningsmedlemmer har ingen kendt grav. (Kilde: FT 91-9-48)
Flying Officer James Paul Farrell, 25 år,
var søn af John Francis og Ellen Mary Farrell, Montreal, Province of Quebec,
Canada.
Hans navn er
på Panel 279 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne på flyvere,
der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde: CWGC) Se Jeg vil
mindes min ven Arthur foto og
tekst af Bent Daugaard.
Plante er blandt 47 navne i
London og Horsens. Se
Google Map HorsensEH47.
7 flyvere.
On 12 March 1945 each of 4 Lancasters
from 433 Squadron were to drop 6 x 1850 lbs MK IV mines in the Kattegat (about
here). At 1746 hrs LAN NG233 took off from
Skipton-on-Swale with F/O J. P. Farrell and his crew on their operation number 9
together. The mines were dropped between 2100 hrs and 2110 hrs. The plane
was
attacked on the return flight south west of Samsø at 2127 hours and caught fire.
LAN NG233 hit the water about
here off
As Hoved
and sank within a few minutes.
A Danish fisherman observed the crash and was
quick to get his boat into the water, but to no avail.
On 27 May the body of the bomb aimer, F/O A. V. Plante, drifted ashore in As Vig
(here
at Pøt Strand. Source: Bent Daugaard). He was buried in Horsens 4 days later.
The other crew members have no known grave. (Source: FT 91-9-48)
Flying Officer James Paul Farrell, 25, was
the son of John Francis and Ellen Mary Farrell, of Montreal, Province of Quebec,
Canada.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 279, 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 162.
See I'll remember my friend Arthur
photo and text
by Bent Daugaard. Plante is among
47 names in London and Horsens. See also
Google Map HorsensEH47.
No. 433
(Porcupine) Squadron was formed within No. 6 Group, see
No. 6 Group and
the Canadian Squadrons
Lancaster
* Lancaster-BC
Museum.Canada
*
Lancaster Photos *
433
Tactical Fighter Squadron.
Lancaster I NG233 BM-E
took off from RAF
Skipton-on-Swale at 17.46 hrs on 12 MAR 1945. (Source:
Aircrew Remembered
has
this.) p408MACR
7 airmen.
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