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 Sergeant John Jones, 19 år, var fra United
Kingdom.
Hans navn er på Panel 16 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne
på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde:
CWGC)
Den 7. august 1940 styrtede
HAM P4377 i
Kattegat, omkring
her. Flyvehistorisk Tidsskrift skriver:
"6.-7. august 1940 (kl 01.15). Kattegat, mellem
Skagen og
Frederikshavn. Hampden, Mk. 1, P4377 (EA- ).
49 BS, 5 BG, Scampton, Lincs. (Minering:
»Undergrowth«
ved Frederikshavn). 4 MIA.
(Se
Minelægningsområder)
12 Hampdens minerede ved
Frederiksstad
i Norge og Frederikshavn. Kl. 21.00 lettede P4377,
og derefter hørte man intet fra flyet. De tyske
flakbatterier ved
Skagen og Frederikshavn beskød allierede fly i tidsrummet 01.00-01.30. Kl.
01.15 styrtede et brændende fly i Kattegat mellem Skagen og Frederikshavn.
Da P4377 var nattens eneste tab, må det derfor være Sgt R. J. Jennings (DFM)
og hans tre besætningsmedlemmer, der således forsvandt." (FT 89-34-6)
Foto af en Hampden
4 flyvere.
 Sergeant John Jones, 19, was from the
United Kingdom.
He is commemorated on the
Runnymede Memorial, Panel 16, 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 1, Panel 57.
On 7 August 1940
HAM P4377 crashed into the
Kattegat, about
here. (Danish) Aviation Historical Review
writes:
"6 - 7 August 1940 (01:15). The Kattegat,
between Skagen and
Frederikshavn. Hampden, Mk. 1, P4377 (EA- ).
49 BS, 5 BG, Scampton, Lincs. (Minelaying:
»Undergrowth«
at Frederikshavn). 4 MIA.
(See
Minelaying areas)
12 Hampdens laid mines at
Frederikstad
in Norway and Frederikshavn. P4377 took off at 21:00 and after that nothing was heard from the plane.
The German flak batteries at Skagen and Frederikshavn fired at allied planes in
the time span 01:00-01:30. At 01:15 a plane crashed, burning,
into the Kattegat between Skagen and Frederikshavn. As P4377 was the only loss
that night, it must have been Sgt R. J. Jennings (DFM) and his 3 crew
members who then disappeared." (FT 89-34-6)
See
49 Squadron Association *
RAF-Lincolnshire - 49
Sqn * Photo of a Hampden
Hampden I P4377 EA-K took off from RAF Scampton
on 06 AUG 1940. (Source: Aircrew
Remembered has
this.)
4 airmen.
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