Den 22. maj 1944 styrtede
LAN ND522 i
Vadehavet nord for Mandø - måske omkring
her.
Se
p323MACR.
J. A. Freeman blev begravet den 27. maj 1944 i Esbjerg.
4 flyvere har ingen kendt grav.
2 flyvere sprang ud med faldskærm og blev taget til fange.
(Kilde: FAF) De
blev
ført til
Tyske krigsfangelejre.
Sergeant Ernest Leslie Watts, 37 år, var
søn af Frank Ernest og Florence Margaret Watts, Chiswick, Middlesex; gift med
Phyllis Josephine Watts, Chiswick, United Kingdom.
Hans navn er på Panel 240 på the
Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne
på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde:
CWGC)
Flyet var på en minelægningoperation over området Forget-Me-Not, Kiel Havn.
Se
Minelægningsområder og
Lancaster fotos. 7
flyvere.
On 22 May 1944
LAN ND522 crashed into the waters north of Mandø - maybe
about
here.
See p323MACR.
J. A. Freeman was buried in Esbjerg on 27 May 1944.
4 airmen have no known grave.
2 airmen bailed out and were taken prisoners. (Source: FAF) They
were
taken to
German POW-Camps.
Sergeant Ernest Leslie Watts, 37, was the
son of Frank Ernest and Florence Margaret Watts, of Chiswick, Middlesex, and the
husband
of Phyllis Josephine Watts, of Chiswick, United Kingdom.
He is commemorated on the
Runnymede Memorial, Panel 240, 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 112.
The plane was on a minelaying operation over the area
Forget-Me-Not, Kiel Harbour.
See
Minelaying areas.
See
No. 207 Squadron - Wikipedia *
207 Squadron Association *
RAF-Lincolnshire.info *
Lancaster Photos. Lancaster III ND522 EM-J
took off from RAF Spilsby
at 22.10 hrs on 21 MAY 1944. (Source:
Aircrew Remembered has
this.)
7 airmen.
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