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Den 12. september 1941 kl. 02.15
nødlandede WHI Z6498 på Grønsund. Det var
her,
overblik
her.
(Kilde:
p048MACR)
Flyvehistorisk Tidsskrift skriver:
"32 Whitleys skulle bombe havneområdet i
Warnemünde (her),
men de fleste besætninger kastede bombelasten over den centrale del af byen.
Z6498 blev ramt af
flak
og var RAF's eneste tab. Flyet nødlandede i Grønsund, og
besætningen antændte vraget. Branden blev observeret fra land, og politiets
patruljebåd »K12« gik
straks til undsætning. Kl. 0340 vendte de tilbage til
Stubbekøbing med 5 overlevende, der blev overgivet til den tyske værnemagt." (FT
86-87-2)
Se Rapport, side 1 og
Rapport side 2 via Ib Walbum og Gustav Hans
Frederiksen. Rapporten uddyber og bekræfter indholdet af ovenstående linjer.
5 flyvere fra
WHI Z6498 blev
ført til
Tyske krigsfangelejre.
Sgt F.E.Bowen blev sendt til lejrene 8B Lamsdorf / L3 Sagan / L6 Heydekrug / 357
Thorn-Fallingbostel.
Han undslap fangenskab under marchen i april 1945, sammen med sin chef Sgt C.R.D.Browne.
(Kilde: Lost Bombers)
 On 12 September 1941 at 02.15 hours
WHI Z6498 ditched in the Grønsund. It was
here,
overview
here.
(Source:
p048MACR)
(Danish) Aviation Historical Review:
"32 Whitleys were to bomb the harbour area in
Warnemünde (here),
but most crews dropped their bomb load over the central part of the town. Z6498
was hit by
flak and it was the only loss of the Royal Air Force. The plane ditched in the
Grønsund and the crew set fire to the wreckage. The fire was observed from land,
and the police patrol boat "K12" immediately sailed to their rescue. At 03.40
hours they returned to Stubbekøbing with 5 survivors who were handed over to the
German Wehrmacht." (FT
86-87-2) 5 airmen from
WHI Z6498 were
taken to
German POW-Camps.
See
p048MACR from Jørgen Helme and notes via Ib
Walbum and Gustav Hans Frederiksen. The contents confirm the above lines.
Sgt F.E.Bowen was interned in Camps
8B Lamsdorf /
L3 Sagan /
L6 Heydekrug /
357
Thorn-Fallingbostel.
He escaped captivity during
the march in April
1945, together with his Skipper Sgt C.R.D.Browne. (Source: Lost Bombers)
See
Bomber
Command No. 58 Squadron.
See
the present
RAF Linton-on Ouse.
Whitley V Z6498 GE-D took off from RAF
Linton-on Ouse at 20.53 hrs on 11 SEP 1941. (Source:
Aircrew Remembered has
this.) 5 airmen.
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