George E. Polden Updated: 10 OCT 2021
Airman: e777684.htm Surname: Polden Init: G E Rank: Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 12
P_link: p291.htm Plane: LAN JB709 Operation: Minelaying Crash_site: The North Sea
Crash_d: d100444 Buried_d: e777 C_link: e777.htm At_Next: NO KNOWN
"Natten til den
10. april 1944 foretog RAF en stor mineudlægningsoperation ved Danzig
(Gdansk). I forbindelse med
overflyvningen af dansk område blev LAN JB709 styrtede i
Nordsøen. Ingen overlevende. H. M. Keates, en af flyets skytter, blev fundet
drevet ind ved Blåvand (omkring
her) den
13. april 1944.
Sergeant George Edward Polden, 22 år, var søn af Edward A. og Edith M. E.
Polden, Market Lavington, Wiltshire, United Kingdom. LAN JB709 crashed into the
North Sea. No survivors. Air Gunner H. M. Keates was found drifted ashore near
Blaavand (about
here) on
13 April 1944.
Sergeant George Edward Polden, 22, was the son of Edward A. and Edith M.
E. Polden, of Market Lavington, Wiltshire, United Kingdom. See
No. 12 Squadron
RAF - Wikipedia * 12 (B)
Squadron Association * and
12 Squadron RAF
at
RAF-Lincolnshire.info. See also Lancaster Photos. |