James V. Verran Updated: 03 OCT 2021
Airman: o888071.htm Surname: Verran Init: J V Rank: S/Ldr Service: RNZAF Sqdn: 83
P_link: p351.htm Plane: LAN PB292 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: Høgsholt near Vejle
Crash_d: d270844 Buried_d: o888 C_link: o888.htm At_Next: POW
LAN PB292
eksploderede i luften og vragstykker faldt ned over et stort område nær Vejle.
(Kilde: AOD)
En mindesten er nu
her
nær Høgsholtvej 273, 7100 Vejle, nær nedstyrtningsområdet. Se
4. Maj 2017 af Niels Schaiffel.
5 flyvere omkom, og tyskerne gravede dem ned omkring 20 km mod vest ved
Vandel Flyveplads (her).
De blev fundet i 1945, identificeret og begravet ved
Randbøl Kirke. Se
hele teksten på
mindesmærket.
Squadron Leader (Pilot) James V. Verran,
DFC blev taget på sygehuset i Vejle og senere sendt til Tyskland
til Stalag IX-C. (Kilde:
Obituary: Squadron Leader Jim Verran)
5 flyvere fra LAN PB292
blev begravet i Randbøl. 2 flyvere blev
ført til
Tyske krigsfangelejre.
LAN
PB292 exploded in the air and debris fell in a very big area near Vejle. (Source:
AOD)
A memorial stone is now
here
near Høgsholtvej 273, 7100 Vejle, near the crash site area. See
Street
view.
5 airmen perished, and the Germans dug them down about 20 km to the west at
Vandel Airfield
(here).
They were found in 1945, identified and buried at
Randbøl Church. See all of the text of the memorial
here.
See 4. Maj 2017 by Niels Schaiffel.
Squadron Leader (Pilot) James V. Verran DFC was taken to hospital in Vejle and later sent to Germany as a POW
in Stalag IX-C. (Source:
Obituary: Squadron Leader Jim Verran)
He died on 25 July 2004. See
Obituary: Squadron Leader Jim Verran in
The Telegraph on 12 August 2004.
5 airmen from LAN PB292
were buried in Randbøl. 2 airmen were taken to
German POW-Camps.
See 5 airmen from this plane among
47 names in London and Horsens *
Google Map HorsensEH47
No. 83 Squadron RAF
* Lancaster Photos * p351MACR
Lancaster III PB292 OL-S took off from
RAF Coningsby at 2030 hrs on 26 AUG 1944 targeting Königsberg.
(Source:
Aircrew Remembered has
this) 7 airmen.