John G. Strachan Updated: 07 MAY 2021
Airman: e777482.htm Surname: Strachan Init: J G Rank: Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 12
P_link: p088.htm Plane: WEL W5397 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: The North Sea
Crash_d: d140742 Buried_d: e777 C_link: e777.htm At_Next: NO KNOWN
Kl. 00.09 den 14. juli 1942 lettede
WEL W5397 fra RAF Binbrook på bombetogt mod
Duisburg med 2 x 1.000 pund,
2 x 500 pund og 3 x 500 pund bomber. Sergeant John George Strachan, 21 år,
gjorde tjeneste i Royal Air Force. R. F. Shorthouse blev fundet den 25. september 1942 på østre Oksby strandlen (omkring her). Han blev begravet i Oksby den 30. september 1942. (Kilde: FAF) 4 flyvere fra WEL W5397 har ingen kendt grav. 5 flyvere.
At 00.09 hrs. on 14 July 1942
WEL W5397 took off from
RAF Binbrook on a
bombing raid on Duisburg
carrying 2 x 1,000 lb., 2 x 500 lb. and 3 x 500 lb. bombs. Sergeant John George Strachan, 21, served
in the Royal Air Force. R. F. Shorthouse was found on 25 September 1942 in beach area Oksby east (about here). He was buried in Oksby on 30 September 1942. (Source: FAF) 4 airmen from WEL W5397 have no known grave. See
No. 12 Squadron RAF
- Wikipedia and
12 Squadron RAF at
RAF-Lincolnshire.info.
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