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 Den 17. august 1944 styrtede
LAN PB239 i
Nordsøen (måske omkring
her). Hele besætningen omkom.
Flyets opgave var at kaste synlig markering og derefter bomber på målet
Kiel.
Andre fly kunne derpå kaste bomber efter markeringen fra denne Stifinder.
(Kilde:
p343MACR - rapport om tabt fly)
J. S. Bruce, M. B. Calhoun og J. W. Carter har ingen kendt grav. (Kilde: FAF)
Flight Lieutenant John Samuel Bruce, 32 år, britisk statsborger, var søn
af Harry og Janet Bruce, Sour Lake,
Texas, U.S.A.; gift med Hazel Elizabeth N. Bruce, Sour Lake. Master Mariner.
Hans navn er
på Panel 201 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne
på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde:
CWGC)
2 flyvere fra
LAN PB239 blev begravet i Kirkeby, 1 i Esbjerg og 2 i
Kiel i Tyskland. 3 har ingen kendt grav.
Se Lancaster
Fotos. 8 flyvere.
 On 17 August 1944
LAN PB239 crashed in the North Sea (maybe about
here). All
of the crew perished.
The mission of this aircraft was visual marking and bombing targeting
Kiel. (Source:
p343MACR)
The Pathfinders
helped to make bombing more accurate.
J. S. Bruce, M. B. Calhoun and J. W. Carter have no known grave. (Source: FAF)
Flight Lieutenant John Samuel Bruce, 32, a
citizen of the United Kingdom, was the son of Harry and Janet Bruce,
of Sour Lake, Texas, U.S.A., and the husband of Hazel Elizabeth N. Bruce, of
Sour Lake. Master Mariner.
He is commemorated on the
Runnymede Memorial, Panel 201, 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 2, Panel 137.
2 airmen from
LAN PB239 were buried in Kirkeby, 1 in Esbjerg and 2 in
Kiel in Germany. 3 have no known grave.
See
No. 6 Group and the Canadian Squadrons *
No. 405 (City of Vancouver) Squadron RCAF *
405 Squadron Association *
No. 405 Squadron RAF
Pathfinders
See also Lancaster Photos *
Lancaster -
Bomber Command Museum of
Canada *
Avro 683
Lancaster Mk X - IWM
Duxford *
Lancaster-Wikipedia * LAN-HAL
Lancaster III PB239 LQ-D took off from
RAF Gransden
Lodge at
21.15 hrs on 16 AUG 1944. (Source:
Aircrew Remembered has
this.)
8 airmen.
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