Kl. 20.17 den 4. september 1943 startede
STI BK774 på en minelægningsoperation.
Se
Minelægningsområder. Se
p217MACR.
Siden hørte ingen fra flyet. Hele besætningen omkom.
E. A. Hill og R. O. Lander blev fundet i havet ved Klitmøller (omkring
her). De
blev begravet i Frederikshavn henholdsvis den 18. og 13. september 1943.
R. E. Belton blev fundet på havet ved Hansted (omkring
her) og H.
Perry fandt man på havet ved Klitmøller. De blev begge begravet den 29.
september 1943.
V. J. Caselton, R. Lawson og W. J. Price forsvandt i havet.
(Kilde: FAF)
Sergeant Ralph Lawson, 20 år, var søn af Ralph og Jane Ann Lawson; gift
med Joan Lawson, Ferryhill, Co. Durham, United Kingdom.
Hans navn er
på Panel 156 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere
end 20.000 navne på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav.
(Kilde: CWGC)
7 flyvere.
At 20.17 hours on 4 September 1943
STI BK774 took off on a minelaying operation.
See
Minelaying areas.
Since then nothing was heard from the plane. All of the crew perished.
E. A. Hill and R. O. Lander were found in the sea off Klitmøller (about
here). They
were buried in Frederikshavn on 18 and 13 September 1943, respectively.
R. E. Belton was found in the sea off Hansted (about
here) and
H. Perry was found off Klitmøller. They were buried on 29 September 1943.
V. J. Caselton, R. Lawson and W. J. Price disappeared into the sea.
(Source: FAF)
Sergeant Ralph Lawson, 20, was the son of Ralph and Jane Ann Lawson, and
the husband of Joan Lawson, of Ferryhill, Co. Durham, United Kingdom.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel
156, among more than 20,000 airmen who have no known grave.
(Source: CWGC)
He
is remembered on
The Walls of Names at the
International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 2, Panel 197.
See
No. 15 Squadron
RAF - Wikipedia *
Short Stirling *
p217MACR.
Stirling III BK774 LS-K
took off from
RAF Mildenhall at 2017 hrs on 03 SEP 1943. (Source:
Aircrew Remembered
has
this.) 7 airmen.
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