Sergeant Robert James Jennings, 24 år, var
søn af Robert og Elizabeth Jennings, Shoreditch, London, United Kingdom.
Hæderstegn: DFM, Distinguished Flying Medal.
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 Robert James Jennings, 24, was
the son of Robert and Elizabeth Jennings, of Shoreditch, London, United Kingdom.
Awards:
DFM, the Distinguished Flying Medal. 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 55.
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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