John Herbert Paton                                                                               Updated: 25 MAR 2021

Airman: o888080.htm Surname: Paton Init: J H Rank: Sgt Service: RCAF Sqdn: 106

P_link: p064.htm Plane: MAN L7463 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: Visgårde at Tinglev

Crash_d: d240442 Buried_d: o888 C_link: o888.htm At_Next: POW

"I forbindelse med et bombetogt mod en fly-fabrik i Rostock nedstyrtede et "Manchester" fly den 24. april 1942 kl. ca. 03.00 ved Visgårde 3 km sydøst for Tinglev.
Flyet var i brand i luften. Flyets pilot, H.M. Stoffer, blev fundet dræbt. Han begravedes den 2. maj sammen med 6 andre britiske flyvere.
De øvrige 6 ombordværende flyvere reddede livet og blev taget til fange." (FAF)

Sgt J.C.George blev ført til lejrene L3 Sagan / L6 Heydekrug / L4 Gross Tychow.
Sgt I.Hamilton til L3 Sagan / L6 Heydekrug / 357 Fallingbostel med Sgt N.S.Lewis.
P/O J.H.Paton til L3 Sagan med F/O N.J.C.Pollock og F/L Prescott-Decie. (Kilde: Lost Bombers)

MAN L7463 styrtede ned ved Visgårde (måske omkring her). En informationstavle er her syd for Visgårdvej 8, 6200 Aabenraa. 
På siden Flystyrt ses Styrt v. Visgårde med mange detaljer!

1 flyver fra MAN L7463 blev begravet i Aabenraa. 6 blev krigsfanger og blev sendt til Tyske krigsfangelejre.
7 flyvere.

"In connection with a bombing raid on an airplane factory in Rostock a "Manchester" plane crashed on April 24, 1942 at about 0300 at Visgårde 3 km
south east of Tinglev. The plane was on fire in the air. The pilot, H.M. Stoffer, was found killed. He was buried on May 2 together with 6 other British airmen.
The other 6 members of the crew on board the plane saved their lives and were captured." (FAF)

Sgt J.C.George was interned in Camps L3 Sagan / L6 Heydekrug / L4 Gross Tychow.
Sgt I.Hamilton in Camps L3 Sagan / L6 Heydekrug / 357 Fallingbostel with Sgt N.S.Lewis.
P/O J.H.Paton in Camp L3 Sagan with F/O N.J.C.Pollock and F/L Prescott-Decie. (Source: Lost Bombers)

MAN L7463 crashed at Visgårde (maybe about here). An information table is here south of Visgårdvej 8, DK-6200 Aabenraa.
On the website Flystyrt is Styrt v. Visgårde (Air crash at Visgaarde) with photos and details. Latest addition in 2011, map and data: Simon Pollock's reconstruction.
1 airman from  MAN L7463 was buried in Aabenraa. 6 were captured and taken to German POW-Camps.

Manchester I L7463 ZN-  took off from RAF Coningsby at 22.00 hrs on 23 APR 1942. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.) See also p064MACR.
See RAF Coningsby 2018 with The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight.
See No. 106 Squadron RAF - Wikipedia. See No. 106 Squadron (RAF) during the Second World War. See Google Map RAF-Coningsby. 7 airmen.