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Warrant Officer Class II Kenneth Lloyd Douglas McCoy var fra Canada.
Hans navn er på Panel 281 på the
Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne
på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde:
CWGC)
Han var en af de mange Amerikanske flyvere, der var
gået ind i RCAF. Se
Americans In
The RCAF.
449
af dem mistede livet - 8 af dem ses i
www.airmen.dk + R.J. Dillon!
They Shall Grow Not Old: "Fra Los Angeles, Californien, USA. Dræbt i tjenesten
3. marts 1945. 153 Squadron. Lancaster fly savnes. - McCoy var blevet overført
til 626 Squadron og blev skudt ned og taget til fange 21. maj 1944. Han undslap
under et angreb på Duisburg, Tyskland og returnerede til United Kingdom."
Den 3. marts 1945 styrtede
LAN LM750 i Kattegat omkring
her. Flyvehistorisk Tidsskrift skriver:
3.-4. marts 1945 (Kl. 20.29). Sejerøbugten vest
for Gniben. Lancaster B.III LM750 (P4- ). 153 BS, 1 BG, Scampton, Lincs.
(Minering i Kattegat) 7 MIA.
31 Lancasters kastede miner i
Oslo Fjord og i
Kattegat. LM750 blev skudt ned af en Ju88 fra I/NJG3 på Grove
(her)
og styrtede i havet vest for Gniben.
Der er ikke
fundet spor af besætningen, men svømmedykkere har nyligt
fundet spredte vragrester i området.
Se
Minelægningsområder og
Lancaster fotos. 7 flyvere.
 Warrant Officer Class II Kenneth Lloyd
Douglas McCoy was from Canada.
He is commemorated on the
Runnymede Memorial, Panel 281, among more than 20,000
airmen who have no known grave. (Source:
CWGC)
He was one of many American airmen who had joined the
RCAF.
See Americans In
The RCAF.
The Canadian Virtual War Memorial has
this.
449 of
them lost their lives - 8 of them are seen on
www.airmen.dk + R.J. Dillon!
He
is remembered on
The Walls of Names at the
International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 1, Panel 70.
They Shall Grow
Not Old: "From Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. Killed In Action Mar.3/45 age
23. 153 Squadron. Lancaster aircraft missing. - McCoy had been assigned to
626 Squadron and was shot down and captured on May 21, 1944. He escaped capture
during a raid on Duisburg, Germany and returned to the United Kingdom."
On 3 March 1945
LAN LM750 crashed into the Kattegat about
here. (Danish) Aviation Historical Review
writes:
3 - 4 March 1945 (at 20.29 hours). The Sejerø Bay
west of Gniben. Lancaster B.III LM750 (P4- ). 153 BS, 1 BG, Scampton, Lincs. (Minelaying
in the Kattegat) 7 MIA.
31
Lancasters laid mines
in the Oslo Fjord and in the
Kattegat. LM750 was shot down by a
Ju88 from I/NJG3 at
Grove (here)
and crashed into the sea
west of Gniben. No trace of the crew has been found,
but recently Scuba divers found scattered pieces of wreckage in the area. See
Minelaying areas.
See
No. 153 Squadron
RAF - Wikipedia * 153
Squadron Association * RAF Scampton Station
homepage and
RAF
Scampton at
RAF-Lincolnshire.info.
Lancaster *
Lancaster Photos.
Lancaster
III LM750 P4-R
took off from
RAF Scampton at
16:45 on 03 MAR 1945. (Source:
Aircrew Remembered
has
this
and Archive
Report.)
7 airmen.
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