John Frederick Horsham Updated: 05 MAR 2022
Airman: e777422.htm Surname: Horsham Init: J F Rank: Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 18
P_link: p027.htm Plane: BLE T1829 Operation: Anti ship Crash_site: Off Westerland, Sylt
Crash_d: d110441 Buried_d: e777 C_link: e777.htm At_Next: NO KNOWN
Den 11. april 1941 styrtede
BLE T1829 i Nordsøen ved øen
Sild. Hele
besætningen omkom.
"T1829 blev sidst set over øen
Amrum, da den fløj mod nord
mod
Sild, hvorfra man mente at
have set salver fra antiluftskyts.
Målet ikke ramt i tågen af nogle fly.
Amrum bombet." Kilde:
p027MACR.
Sergeant John Frederick Horsham, 21 år,
var gift med Edna Horsham, Northampton, United Kingdom.
Hans navn er på Panel 45 på the Runnymede Memorial
blandt mere end 20.000 navne på flyvere, der ikke har en
kendt grav. (Kilde: CWGC)
Flyets pilot H. P. G. Jones blev fundet den 8.
august 1941 i Jens Dahls strandlen, Sdr. Nissum sogn (omkring
her).
Han blev begravet i Sdr. Nissum den 12. august 1941 ved sognepræst Jensen,
Staby.
De 2 andre flyvere forsvandt i havet. (Kilde: FAF) 3 flyvere.
On 11 April 1941
BLE T1829 crashed into the North Sea off the island of
Sylt. All
of the crew perished.
"T1829 was last seen over Island of
Amrum flying north towards
Sylt from which A.A. bursts were thought to have been seen.
Target missed in
fog by some aircraft. Amrum
bombed." Source:
p027MACR.
Sergeant John Frederick Horsham, 21, was
the husband of Edna Horsham, of Northampton, United Kingdom.
He
is remembered on
The Walls of Names at the
International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 1, Panel 184.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel
45, among more than 20,000 airmen who have no known grave.
(Source: CWGC)
On 8 August 1941 Pilot H. P. G. Jones was found
washed ashore in Jens Dahl's beach area in the parish of Sønder Nissum (about
here).
On 12 August 1941 he was buried in Sønder Nissum. Vicar Jensen of Staby
officiated at the graveside ceremony.
The 2 other airmen disappeared into the sea. (Source: FAF) See No. 18 Squadron RAF * p027MACR
Blenheim IV T1829 WV-P took off from
RAF Oulton at 10:50
on 11 APR 1941. (Source: Aircrew
Remembered has
this.) Bristol Blenheim
3 airmen.