Karl Hugo Eklund                                                                                     Updated: 04 JAN 2022

Airman: e777457.htm Surname: Eklund Init: K H Rank: Sgt Service: RAAF Sqdn: 144

P_link: p058.htm Plane: HAM AT194 Operation: Minelaying Crash_site: Off Frisian Islands

Crash_d: d240242 Buried_d: e777 C_link: e777.htm At_Next: NO KNOWN

Den 24. februar 1942 styrtede HAM AT194 i Nordsøen under en minelægningsoperation mod de Frisiske Øer. Ingen overlevende.

Sgt Anderson blev begravet i Lemvig. Hans navn findes ikke i kirkebogen. (Kilde: FAF)

Sergeant Karl Hugo Eklund, 21 år, var søn af Hugo Emanuel Andreas og Kathleen Annie Eklund, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Hans navn er på Panel 112 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde: CWGC)

1 flyver fra HAM AT194 blev begravet i Lemvig. 3 flyvere har ingen kendt grav. Se Hampden + foto. Se Minelægningsområder.

4 flyvere.


On 24 February 1942 HAM AT194 crashed in the North Sea on a minelaying operation targeting the Frisian Islands. No survivors.

Sgt Anderson was buried in Lemvig. His name is not recorded in the church register. (Source: FAF) See Minelaying areas.

Sergeant Karl Hugo Eklund, 21, was the son of Hugo Emanuel Andreas and Kathleen Annie Eklund, of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 112, among more than 20,000 airmen who have no known grave. (Source: CWGC)
Virtual War Memorial Australia has this.

1 airman from HAM AT194 was buried in Lemvig. 3 airmen have no known grave.

Hampden I AT194 PL- took off from RAF N. Luffenham on 24 FEB 1942.
Until 1942-04-21 Bomber Command, thereafter Coastal Command. (Source:
Aircrew Remembered has this)

See Hampden + photo * No. 144 Squadron RAF in Wikipedia * 144 Squadron at RAF-Lincolnshire.info.

4 airmen.