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Sergeant Alfred Robinson, 21 år, var søn af George og Dinah Elizabeth 
Robinson, Carlisle, United Kingdom. 
Hans navn er på Panel 163 på the 
Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne 
på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde:
CWGC) 
 
Den 8. oktober 1943 styrtede
STI EJ106 i Skagerrak vest for
Løkken, måske omkring
her. Flyvehistorisk Tidsskrift skriver:
 
7.-8. oktober 1943 (kl. 00.15). Jammerbugten. 
Stirling Mk. IH, EJ106 (OJ-O). 149 BS, 3 BG, Lakenheath, Suffolk.  
Minering: »Silverthorn 
12«, syd for Læsø (omkring
her).
7 MIA. 
Medens 343 bombefly fløj 
til Stuttgart, minerede 79 bombefly 
fra Brest til
Skagen. Fra mineringsstyrken gik tre Stirlings tabt. To i 
nærheden af de  
frisiske øer (her), og en på vej til 
Kattegat. Lidt over midnat blev et brændende fly rapporteret 
nedstyrtet V for Løkken (måske 
omkring
her). Umiddelbart efter 
nedstyrtningen blev nogle signalraketter observeret, og redningsbåden fra Løkken 
(her) 
stod ud. Efter 12 timers eftersøgning vendte båden tilbage uden resultat.  
Man 
har ikke siden fundet spor efter EJ 106 og de syv besætningsmedlemmer." (FT 
89-70-29) 7 flyvere.
    Se 
    Minelægningsområder. 
  Sergeant Alfred Robinson, 21, was 
the son of George and Dinah Elizabeth Robinson, of Carlisle, United Kingdom. 
He is commemorated on the 
Runnymede Memorial, Panel 163, 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 234.      
 
On 8 October 1943 
STI EJ106 crashed into the Skagerrak west of 
Løkken, 
maybe about
here. (Danish) Aviation Historical Review 
writes: 
"7 - 8 October 1943 (00:15). Jammerbugten. 
Stirling Mk. IH, EJ106 (OJ-O). 149 BS, 3 BG, Lakenheath, Suffolk.  
Minelaying: »Silverthorn 
12«, south of Læsø (about
here).
7 MIA. 
While 343 bombers flew to Stuttgart, 
79 bombers laid mines from Brest 
to Skagen. 
3 Stirlings were lost from the minelaying formation. 2 near  
the Frisian Islands (here) 
and 1 on its way to the Kattegat. Shortly after midnight a burning plane was 
reported to have crashed west of Løkken (maybe 
about
here).  
Some signal rockets were seen right after the crash, and the lifeboat from 
Løkken sailed out. After a search of 12 hours the boat returned without any 
result.  
No trace has ever since been found of EJ 106 and the 7 crew members." (FT 
89-70-29) See
Minelaying areas. 
	See
No. 149 Squadron 
RAF - Wikipedia * 
Stirling  
Stirling III EJ106 OJ-O 
took off from 
RAF Lakenheath at 20:23 on 07 OCT 1943. (Source: 
Aircrew Remembered 
has this.)  
 
7 airmen. 
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