Den 21. maj 1944 styrtede MUS FB158 ned omkring her 300 m fra kysten ved Tranum Strand. Piloten, F/Sgt William Thomas Warren omkom.
Flyet var fra 19 FS, 122 FW, 83 Group, 2 TAF, Funtington, Sussex. Det var på dag-patruljeflyvning til flyvestationerne Grove og Aalborg (her).

2 Mosquito-fly fra 418 Squadron eskorteret af 8 Mustang-fly fra 19 Fighter Squadron lettede kl. 14.00 fra RAF Funtingdon.
De allierede flyvere blev mødt af ild fra et tysk flakbatteri, da de passerede Jyllands kyst.
Antagelig blev MUS FB158 ramt her. Flyet styrtede ned omkring her 300 m fra kysten ved Tranum Strand.
Svømmedykkere har fundet vraget, men F/Sgt. Warren er aldrig blevet fundet. (Kilde: FT 89-72-36)

Flight Sergeant William Thomas Warren var fra United Kingdom.
Hans navn er på Panel 223 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde: CWGC)

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On 21 May 1944 MUS FB158 crashed about here 300 m off the coast at Tranum Strand. Pilot, F/Sgt William Thomas Warren perished.
The plane was from 19 FS, 122 FW, 83 Group, 2 TAF, Funtington, Sussex. It was on a Day Ranger mission to the airfields Grove and Aalborg (here).

2 Mosquitoes from 418 Squadron escorted by 8 Mustangs from 19 Fighter Squadron took off from RAF Funtington at 14:00.
The allied airmen were hit by fire from a German flak battery, when they passed the coast of Jutland.
Presumably MUS FB158 was hit here. It crashed about here 300 m off the coast at Tranum Strand.
Scuba divers have found the wreck, but F/Sgt. Warren has never been found. (Source: FT 89-72-36)

Flight Sergeant William Thomas Warren was from the United Kingdom.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 223, among more than 20,000 airmen who have no known grave. (Source: CWGC)

See P-51 Mustang - Photos and No. 19 Squadron RAF.