 Natten 15.-16. maj 1942 kl. 02.00
styrtede HAM AT224 i havet sydvest for Samsø, måske
omkring
her.
Flyvehistorisk Tidsskrift skriver:
"Hampden mk. 1. AT224 (EQ-). 408 BS, 5 BG, Balderton, Notts. (Minering: »Pumpkin«
i Store Bælt). 2 MIA og 2 KIA. Se
Minelægningsområder.
Denne nat var en forholdsvis rolig nat for RAF. Den
eneste operation var 50 fly, der foretog minering i
den vestlige del af Østersøen.
Operationen var et led i englændernes forsøg på
at forhindre de store tyske
krigsskibe »Lutzow« og »Prinz
Eugen« i gennemsejling til og fra Norge.
To Hampdens og to Wellingtons gik tabt.
På hjemturen blev AT224 ramt af flak fra en
tysk minestryger, der befandt
sig sydvest for Samsø.
Flyet eksploderede i luften og
styrtede derefter brændende ned i farvandet Ø-NØ for
Endelave (måske omkring
her). -
- " (FT
90-46-4) Se p077MACR.
Pilot Officer Cyril Cresswell, 20 år, var søn af George E. og Nora J.
Cresswell, Cullercoats, Northumberland, United Kingdom.
Hans navn er
på Panel 68 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne på flyvere,
der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde: CWGC)
4 flyvere.
 In the
night 15.-16. May 1942 at 02.00 hours
HAM AT224 crashed into the sea south west of Samsø, maybe
about
here.
See p077MACR.
(Danish) Aviation Historical Review writes:
"Hampden I. AT224 (EQ-). 408 BS, 5 BG, Balderton, Notts. (Minelaying: »Pumpkin«
in the Store Bælt). 2 MIA and 2 KIA. See
Minelaying areas.
This was a rather quiet night for the RAF. The
only operation was 50 planes that carried out a minelaying operation in the
western part of the
Baltic Sea. The operation was a part of the British attempt
to prevent the big German naval ships "Lutzow"
and "Prinz
Eugen" from sailing to and
from Norway. 2 Hampdens and 2 Wellingtons were
lost. On the return flight AT224 was hit by flak from a German mine sweeper on a
position
south west of Samsø. The plane exploded in the air and crashed, burning,
into the waters E-NE of Endelave (maybe about
here). -
- " (FT
90-46-4)
Pilot Officer Cyril Cresswell, 20, was the son of George E. and Nora J.
Cresswell, of Cullercoats, Northumberland, United Kingdom.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 68, 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 24.
See
No. 6 Group and the Canadian Squadrons *
No. 408 (Goose)
Squadron RCAF * 408 "Goose" Squadron
Association.
Hampden I AT224 EQ- took off from
RAF Balderton on 15
MAY 1942 (Source:
Aircrew Remembered has
this.)
4 airmen.
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