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  "Natten til den 
10. april 1944 foretog RAF en stor mineudlægningsoperation ved Danzig 
(Gdansk). I forbindelse med 
overflyvningen af dansk område blev  
mindst 7 britiske bombefly skudt ned, mens 
flere nedstyrtede i Nordsøen, i større eller mindre afstand fra Vestkysten. Fra 
6 fly nedstyrtet i Midtjylland, og 2 i  
Nordsøen, ligger 35 omkomne flyvere 
begravet i Esbjerg. Samtlige flyvere begravedes den 15. april 1944." 
(FAF) 
Google Map Mine 10 APR 1944.  
Kl. 21.26 den 9. oktober 1944 startede
LAN ME688 fra RAF Spilsby. Det styrtede ned i Nordsøen. 
Ingen overlevende. (Kilde: 
p292MACR) 
Flying Officer Alexander Corbett McLeod 
var fra Canada.  
Hans navn er på Panel 247 på the Runnymede Memorial 
blandt mere end 20.000 navne på flyvere, der ikke har en 
kendt grav. (Kilde: CWGC) 
 
4 flyvere fra LAN ME688 blev begravet i Danmark. 3 har 
ingen kendt grav.
Se
Lancaster Fotos. 7 flyvere. 
  "On the night before April 10 
1944, the RAF carried out a big minelaying operation at Danzig (Gdansk). At least 7 British bombers 
were shot down as they  
flew over Danish territory, and several crashed into the North 
Sea, off the west coast of Jutland. From 6 planes crashed in the central part of 
Jutland, and 2 in the  
North Sea, 35 airmen were buried in Esbjerg. All of the 
airmen were buried on April 15 1944." (FAF) 
Google Map Mine 10 APR 1944.   
At 21.26 hours on 9 October 1944
LAN ME688 took off from RAF Spilsby. It crashed into the 
North Sea. No survivors. (Source: 
p292MACR) 
Flying Officer Alexander Corbett McLeod 
was from Canada. 
The Canadian Virtual War Memorial has
this. 
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 
247, 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 1, Panel 72. 
 
4 airmen from LAN ME688 were buried in Denmark. 3 have no 
known grave. 
See
No. 207 Squadron 
RAF - Wikipedia * 
207 Squadron Association *
RAF Spilsby at
RAF-Lincolnshire.info.  See
Lancaster Photos.  
Lancaster I ME688 EM-E 
took off from 
RAF Spilsby 
at 2126 hrs on 09 APR 1944. (Source: 
Aircrew Remembered 
has 
this.)  7 airmen.  
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