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Sergeant John Joseph Corbett, 20 år,  var søn af Florence Ellen 
Corbett og stedsøn af Richard Alfred Thurston, South Lopham, Norfolk, United 
Kingdom. 
Hans navn er på Panel 146 på the 
Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne 
på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde:
CWGC) 
 
Den 18. august 1943 styrtede
LAN DS630 i Østersøen omkring
her. Flyvehistorisk Tidsskrift skriver: 
17. - 18. august 1943 (kl. 0214) Østersøen, 1 sømil 
SØ for Gedser, Lancaster B. II, DS630 (KO-H)  115 BS, 3 BO, Little Snoring, 
Norfolk.
(Peenemünde)   7 
MIA. 
596 bombefly angreb V-2 fabrikkerne ved Peenemünde. 
Det var eneste gang under krigen, at så mange bombefly 
blev sat ind mod så lille et mål. 
Raketproduktionen blev hermed standset for 
mere end 2 måneder, og udviklingen af raketterne blev sat mærkbart tilbage, da 
mange af de tyske forskere omkom. 
Togtet kostede 40 bombefly. Det formodes, at DS630 gik tabt SØ for Gedser, men 
der er aldrig fundet spor af flyet eller dets besætning." (FT 86-89-16) 
 
Se
den officielle Peenemunde Historical Technical 
Museum og
Peenemünde i Wikipedia.
V-2. 
V-1. 
Se 3 andre fly tabt 
under samme operation: LAN JA851 styrtede ned
her ved Hellesø gård, LAN JA691 ved Barsmark
her og LAN EE117 ved Ustrup omkring
her.  Se også
Lancaster fotos. 
		IBCC har detaljer om 
operationen ved hver flyver.  7 flyvere. 
 
  Sergeant John Joseph Corbett, 20, 
was the son of Florence Ellen Corbett and the stepson of Richard Alfred Thurston, 
of South Lopham, Norfolk, United Kingdom. 
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 146, 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 148.   
On 18 August 1943 
LAN DS630 crashed into the Baltic Sea about
here. (Danish) Aviation Historical Review 
writes: 
"17 - 18 August 1943 (02.14 hours) The Baltic Sea, 1 
nautical mile south east of Gedser, Lancaster B. II, DS630 (KO-H) 
115 BS, 3 BO, Little Snoring, Norfolk.
(Peenemünde)  7 
MIA. 
596 bombers attacked the V-2 factories at Peenemünde 
(here). 
It was the only time during the war that so many bombers attacked such a small 
target.  
The production of rockets was stopped for more than 2 months, and the 
development of rockets was slowed significantly, as so many of the German 
scientists 
perished. The raid cost 40 bombers. Presumably DS630 was lost 
south east of Gedser, but no trace of the plane or its crew has ever been found." 
(FT 86-89-16) 
 
See the 
official Peenemunde Historical Technical 
Museum and
Peenemünde in Wikipedia 
- and
V-2.
V-1. 
See 3 other 
planes lost on the same operation : LAN JA851 crashed
here at Hellesø gård, LAN JA691 at Barsmark
here  and LAN EE117 at 
Ustrup about 
here. 
See
No. 115 Squadron 
RAF - Wikipedia *
Lancaster Photos *
		IBCC has details of the 
operation at each airman. 
Lancaster II DS630 KO-H took off from RAF Little 
Snoring at 21:38 on 17 AUG 1943. (Source:
Aircrew Remembered has
this.) 
7 airmen. 
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