Edward A. G. Rands Updated: 06 MAY 2012
Airman: e777416.htm Surname: Rands Init: EAG Rank: Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 144
P_link: p025.htm Plane: HAM X2973 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: Off Frisian Islands
Crash_d: d171040 Buried_d: e777 C_link: e777.htm At_Next: NO KNOWN
Den 17. oktober 1940 styrtede
HAM X2973 i Nordsøen. Det startede fra RAF Hemswell kl.
22.00 den 16. oktober 1940. (Kilde: MACR) Den 3. december 1940 fandt man et
besætningsmedlem fra dette fly, J. H. Brown, drevet i land ved Haurvig (omkring
her). De 3 øvrige besætningsmedlemmer forsvandt i havet."
Sergeant (Air Gunner) Edward Anthony Gaston Rands var søn af Edward
Francis og Emily Annie Grayson Rands, Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom.
On 17 October 1940
HAM X2973 crashed into the North Sea. It took off from
RAF Hemswell at 2200 hrs on 16 October 1940. (Source: MACR) The 3 other crew members disappeared into the sea. (Source: FAF)
Sergeant (Air Gunner) Edward Anthony Gaston Rands was the son of Edward
Francis and Emily Annie Grayson Rands, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. See
Bomber
Command No. 144 Squadron and
144 Squadron at
RAF-Lincolnshire.info.
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