Den 29. juli 1944 styrtede
LAN JB707 i Nordsøen i forbindelse med et bombetogt til
Hamburg.
Den 7. eller 8. oktober 1944 drev C. J. Blyth ind nord for Bjerregård (omkring
her).
Tyskerne begravede liget i klitterne og satte et trækors med flyverens navn på
graven.
Se mere ved C. J. Blyth. (Kilde: FAF)
Flying Officer (Pilot) Elwood Albert Townsend,
22 år, var søn af William H. og Ida May Townsend, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Hans navn er på Panel 248 på the Runnymede Memorial
blandt mere end 20.000 navne på flyvere, der ikke har en
kendt grav. (Kilde: CWGC og MACR)
1 flyver fra
LAN JB707 blev begravet på Nr. Haurvig Kirkegård. 6
flyvere har ingen kendt grav.
Se
Lancaster
Fotos. 7 flyvere.
On 29 July 1944
LAN JB707 crashed into the North Sea in connection with a
bombing raid on Hamburg.
On 7 or 8 October 1944 C. J. Blyth was washed ashore north of Bjerregaard (about
here). The
Germans buried the body in the dunes and placed a wooden cross with
the airman's name on his grave. See more at C. J. Blyth.
(Source: FAF)
Flying Officer (Pilot) Elwood Albert Townsend,
22, was the son of William H. and Ida May Townsend, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel
248, among more than 20,000 airmen who have no known grave.
(Source: CWGC and MACR) His name is
engraved on the
Memorial Wall at the BC Museum of
Canada.
The Canadian Virtual War Memorial has
this.
He
is remembered on
The Walls of Names at the
International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 2, Panel 255.
1 airman from
LAN JB707 was buried in Norre Haurvig Churchyard. 6
airmen have no known grave.
See
No. 6 Group and the Canadian Squadrons *
No. 405 (City of Vancouver) Squadron RCAF *
405 Squadron Association *
No. 405 Squadron RAF
Pathfinders See also Lancaster Photos *
Lancaster -
Bomber Command Museum of
Canada *
Avro 683
Lancaster Mk X - IWM
Duxford *
Lancaster-Wikipedia * LAN-HAL
Lancaster III JB707 LQ-M took off from
RAF Gransden
Lodge at
22.48 hrs on 28 JUL 1944. (Source:
Aircrew Remembered has
this.)
See p334MACR.
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