George Barclay                                                                                     Updated: 26 NOV 2021

Airman:
 o888065.htm Surname: Barclay Init: G Rank: Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 49

P_link: p150.htm Plane: LAN ED620 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: Near Stadil

Crash_d: d210443 Buried_d: o888 C_link: o888.htm At_Next: POW

Nedstyrtningsstedet er her omkring 400 m nordøst for Stadil Kirke, Stadilvej 31, 6980 Tim. (Kilde: Bent Bågøe Anthonisen). Se Fotos.

Den 20. april 1943 blev
LAN ED620 ramt af flak på vejen til Stettin. Flyet forsøgte en nødlanding, men en vinge ramte jorden, så det nærmest blev
en nedstyrtning. (Kilde: FAF)

Sergeant (Air Gunner) G. Barclay og Sergeant (Air Gunner) J. Heyworth kom på Luftwaffe felthospital i Århus.
Senere blev de interneret i lejrene  9C / L6 / 357. (Kilde: Lost Bombers)

4 flyvere fra LAN ED620 blev begravet i Lemvig. 3 blev taget til fange, kom på sygehuse og så til Tyske krigsfangelejre.
7 flyvere. Se Lancaster fotos og Stettin + Rostock 20 - 21 April 1943.

The crash site is here about 400 m north east of Stadil Church, Stadilvej 31, 6980 Tim. (Source: Bent Bågøe Anthonisen). See Photos.
On 20 April 1943 LAN ED620 was hit by flak on its way to Stettin. It attempted a forced landing, but a wing hit the ground, so it was rather
a crash. (Source: FAF)

Sergeant (Air Gunner) G. Barclay and Sergeant (Air Gunner) J. Heyworth were taken to the Luftwaffe Field Hospital in Aarhus.
Later they were interned in Camps 9C / L6 / 357. (Source: Lost Bombers) G. Barclay was in Camp 357. (Source: Air Force PoWs 1939 to 1945

4 airmen from LAN ED620 were buried in Lemvig. 3 were captured, taken to hospitals and then to German POW-Camps.

See No. 49 Squadron RAF - Wikipedia * 49 Squadron Association *   Lancaster * Lancaster Photos.
Lancaster III ED620 EA-K took off from RAF Fiskerton at 21.47 hrs on 20 APR 1943. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.)
It had a Rolls-Royce Merlin variant 28 engine produced by Packard in the U.S.A. - see List of Rolls-Royce Merlin variants. Source: The RAF Museum, London)
See RAF-Lincolnshire.info about 49 Sqn and RAF Fiskerton. See also RAF Fiskerton HOME PAGE. See Stettin + Rostock 20 - 21 April 1943.
  7 airmen.