Marcus George Godfray                                                                         Updated: 14 JAN 2022

Airman: e777744.htm Surname: Godfray Init: M G Rank: F/Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 7

P_link: p347.htm Plane: LAN PB180 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: The Baltic Sea

Crash_d: d270844 Buried_d: e777 C_link: e777.htm At_Next: NO KNOWN

Den 27. august 1944 styrtede LAN PB180 i Østersøen eller den sydlige del af Øresund. Hele besætningen omkom. Flyvehistorisk Tidsskrift skriver:

"382 RAF bombefly bombede de centrale dele af Kiel, og 17 Lancasters gik tabt. PB180 gik tabt over Østersøen, og liget af flight engineer
F/Sgt Albert Kenneth Wooliscroft drev i land ved Fællesskov rev (omkring her) den 15. september 1944. Tre dage senere blev han begravet på
Lyderslev kirkegård." (FT 88-41-32)

Flight Sergeant Marcus George Godfray, 20 år, var søn af Thomas Ronald Godfray, M.A. (Oxon.) og Clara Winifred Godfray, Saham Toney, Norfolk, United Kingdom. Hæderstegn: DFM, Distinguished Flying Medal.
Hans navn er på Panel 218 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde: CWGC)

1 flyver fra LAN PB180 er begravet i Lyderslev, 1 i Malmø, Sverige, 2 i Kiel, Tyskland og 3 har ingen kendt grav. 7 flyvere.

On 27 August 1944 LAN PB180 crashed in the Baltic Sea or the southern part of the Øresund. All of the crew perished. (Danish) Aviation Historical Review writes:

"382 bombers from the RAF bombed the central parts of Kiel and 17 Lancasters were lost. PB180 was lost over the Baltic Sea.
On 15 September 1944 the body of F/Sgt (Flight Engineer) Albert Kenneth Wooliscroft drifted ashore at Fællesskov Rev (about here).
Three days later he was buried in Lyderslev Churchyard." (FT 88-41-32)

Flight Sergeant Marcus George Godfray, 20, was the son of Thomas Ronald Godfray, M.A. (Oxon.), and Clara Winifred Godfray, of Saham Toney, Norfolk,
United Kingdom. Awards: DFM, the Distinguished Flying Medal.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 218, 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 170.  

1 airman from LAN PB180 is buried in Lyderslev, 1 in Malmø, Sweden, 2 in Kiel, Germany and 3 airmen have no known grave.
See Lancaster * Lancaster Photos * No. 7 Squadron RAF -Wikipedia * 7 Squadron Association * IBCC has operational details at each airman.
Lancaster III PB180 MG-F took off from RAF Oakington at 20:03 on 26 AUG 1944. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this) 7 airmen.