George J. T. Horton                                                                                    Updated: 05 OCT 2021

Airman: e777656.htm Surname: Horton Init: GJT Rank: F/Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 83

P_link: p231.htm Plane: LAN JA972 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: North Sea off Holland

Crash_d: d041043 Buried_d: e777 C_link: e777.htm At_Next: NO KNOWN

Den 4. oktober 1943 styrtede LAN JA972 under et bombetogt mod Kassel (her) i Nordsøen ud for Hollands kyst. Ingen overlevende. (Kilde: p231MACR)

F. R. Heeley blev fundet drevet ind på Meyers Sand (omkring her) syd for Fanø. Den 4. januar 1944 blev han begravet i Esbjerg. (Kilde: AOD)

Flight Sergeant George John Thomas Horton, 20, was the son of George Frederick and Isabel Ellen Horton, of Walthamstow, Essex, United Kingdom.
Hans navn er på Panel 137 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde: CWGC)

Han var Air Bomber på LAN JA972. (Kilde: MACR)

1 flyver fra LAN JA972 blev begravet i Esbjerg og 4 i HOLLAND. 2 flyvere har ingen kendt grav.

Se Lancaster Fotos. 7 flyvere.
 
On 4 October 1943 LAN JA972 on a bombing raid targeting Kassel (here) crashed in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. No survivors. (Source: p231MACR)

F. R. Heeley was found washed ashore on Meyer's Sand (about here) south of Fanø. On 4 January 1944 he was buried in Esbjerg. (Source: AOD)

Flight Sergeant George John Thomas Horton, 20, was the son of George Frederick and Isabel Ellen Horton, of Walthamstow, Essex, United Kingdom.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 137, 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 184.

He was the Air Bomber of LAN JA972. (Source: MACR)

1 airman from LAN JA972 was buried in Esbjerg and 4 in HOLLAND. 2 airmen have no known grave.

See No. 83 Squadron RAF -WikipediaLancaster Photos.

Lancaster III JA972 OL-D took off from RAF Wyton at 1855 hrs on 03 OCT 1943 targeting Kassel. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this)  7 airmen.