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) Pilot Officer Joseph William Carter, 23
år, var søn af William J. og Olive Carter, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Hans navn er
på Panel 249 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)
Pilot Officer Joseph William Carter, 23,
was the son of William J. and Olive Carter, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
He is commemorated on the
Runnymede Memorial, Panel 249, 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 142.
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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