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 G. Boulton kom på sygehuset i Ringkøbing.
Senere blev han interneret i Stalag Luft 6, selv om han var såret, men han blev
sendt tilbage
til England i maj 1944 sammen med andre krigsfanger, der var
fysisk uegnede til tjeneste. (Kilde: Lost Bombers)
Se
Brev fra George
Boulton modtaget 16. december 2015 fra Niels Jørgen Lund Pedersen.
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 G. Boulton was taken to a hospital in Ringkøbing. Later he was
interned in Camp L6, although
he was injured, but he was repatriated in
May 1944 along
with other POWs who were medically unfit. (Source: Lost Bombers) See
Letter from George
Boulton received on 16 December 2015 from Niels Jørgen Lund Pedersen.
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.
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