George Boulton                                                                                      Updated: 26 NOV 2021

Airman: o888067.htm Surname: Boulton 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 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.