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)
Pilot Officer David Ralston Fisher, 23 år,
var søn af William David og Edith Doris Fisher; gift med Mardi Fisher, Hampton,
Victoria, Australien. A.F.I.A.
Gjorde tjeneste i 2/5 Inf. Bn. A.I.F. i Mellemøsten.
Hans navn er på Panel 258 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)
Pilot Officer David Ralston Fisher, 23,
was the son of William David and Edith Doris Fisher, and the husband of Mardi
Fisher, of Hampton, Victoria, Australia.
A.F.I.A. Served in 2/5 Inf. Bn. A.I.F. in Middle East.
He is commemorated on the
Runnymede Memorial, Panel 258, among more than 20,000
airmen who have no known grave. (Source:
CWGC)
Virtual War Memorial
Australia has
this.
He
is remembered on
The Walls of Names at the
International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 2, Panel 164.
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.
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