Flight
Sergeant Trevor Paul Walton, 22 år, var søn af pastor Horace Clarence
George Walton og Elsie Eva Walton, Lockhart, New South Wales, Australia.
Hans navn er på Panel 194 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.
Flight Sergeant Trevor Paul Walton,
22, was the son of the Revd. Horace Clarence George Walton and Elsie Eva Walton,
of Lockhart, New South Wales, Australia. He is commemorated on the
Runnymede Memorial, Panel 194, among more than 20,000 airmen who have
no known grave. (Source: CWGC)
Virtual War Memorial
Australia has
this.
He
is remembered on
The Walls of Names at the
International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 2, Panel 259.
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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