Den 17. oktober 1940 styrtede
HAM X2973 i Nordsøen. Det startede fra RAF Hemswell kl.
22.00 den 16. oktober 1940. (Kilde: MACR)
"På hjemturen fra et bombetogt over Tyskland udsendte Hampden X 2973 den 17.
oktober 1940 SOS signal fra en position (omkring
her)
ca. 20 miles nord for
Terschelling Fyrtårn.
Den 3. december 1940 fandt man et
besætningsmedlem fra dette fly, J. H. Brown, drevet i land ved Haurvig (omkring
her).
Begravelsen (på Nr. Haurvig Kirkegård) foregik den 8. december.
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.
Hans navn er
på Panel 18 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere
end 20.000 navne på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav.
(Kilde: CWGC og MACR) 4 flyvere.
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)
On 17 October 1940 on the return flight from a bombing raid on Germany Hampden X
2973 sent an SOS signal from a position (about
here)
about 20 miles north of
Terschelling Lighthouse.
On 3 December 1940 the body of J. H. Brown was found washed ashore near Haurvig
(about here).
He was buried in Norre Haurvig Churchyard on 8 December 1940.
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.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel
18, among more than 20,000 airmen who have no known grave.
(Source: CWGC and MACR)
See
Bomber
Command No. 144 Squadron and
144 Squadron at
RAF-Lincolnshire.info.
This Hampden took off from
RAF Hemswell. See also the Royal
Air Force Hemswell Association.
4 airmen.
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