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Den 24. september 1942 mavelandede
LAN R5905 nær Madum (som er
her).
Nødlandingen var
her,
overblik her.
Flyet var blevet ramt af skud fra en kanon, der stod ved viadukten
her nord
for Ulfborg.
(Kilde: Ove Tved, 12 år i 1942)
Det var på vej til Wismar på et
bombetogt, da det blev ramt af flak, se
p111MACR.
Efter nødlandingen holdt flyverne sig på fri fod nogen tid, men de blev taget
til fange nogle timer efter at de havde forladt gården Øster Høgsbjerg. (Kilde:
AOD)
Se fra Arne Mosgaard artiklen Et gensyn 47 år efter
s. 1 og s. 2 fra
Holstebro Dagblad. Gården Øster Høgsbjerg ved Idom er
her,
Høgsbjergvej 11, 7500 Holstebro.
De 7 flyvere
blev
ført til
Tyske krigsfangelejre.
"Sgt W.S.Gregory blev interneret i lejrene
8B/344 Lamsdorf med Sgt J.W.Hargeaves, Sgt W.V.Richards, Sgt C.V.THurley,
Sgt J.B.Vardy og Sgt A.C.Stockley.
Sgt G.H.Roberts i lejrene 8B/344 Lamsdorf / 11B Fallingbostel." (Lost Bombers)
W.S. Gregory døde som krigsfange den 30. marts 1945.
Warrant Officer (Air Gunner) William Snowden Gregory blev begravet på
Hanover War Cemetery i Tyskland, Grav 4.J.17.
7 flyvere.
 On 24 September 1942
LAN R5905 performed a wheels up landing near Madum (which
is here).
The forced landing was
here.
The
plane had been hit from a gun placed at the viaduct
here
north of Ulfborg. (Source: (Ove Tved, 12 years old in 1942.)
It was heading for Wismar on a bombing raid when it was hit by flak,
see
p111MACR.
The airmen were at large for some time after the
forced landing, but they were taken captive some hours after they had left the
farm Øster Høgsbjerg. (Source: AOD)
The 7 airmen
were
taken to
German POW-Camps.
"Sgt W.S.Gregory was interned in Camps 8B/344
Lamsdorf with Sgt J.W.Hargeaves, Sgt W.V.Richards, Sgt C.V.THurley,
Sgt J.B.Vardy and Sgt A.C.Stockley.
Sgt G.H.Roberts in Camps 8B/344 Lamsdorf
/ 11B Fallingbostel."
(Lost Bombers) W.S. Gregory died as a POW on 30 MAR 1945.
Warrant Officer (Air Gunner) William Snowden
Gregory was buried at
Hanover War Cemetery in GERMANY, Grave ref. 4.J.17.
See
No. 44 Squadron RAF
in Wikipedia and
No. 44 Squadron
(RAF): Second World War.
RAF-Lincolnshire.info:
44 Squadron *
RAF Waddington now *
Lancaster Photos.
Lancaster I R5905 KM-R took off from
RAF Waddington at 2225
hours on 23 SEP 1942 heading for Wismar. (Source:
Aircrew Remembered has
this.)
It had a
Rolls-Royce Merlin
variant XX engine produced by Rolls-Royce in the United Kingdom. (Source:
The RAF Museum, London)
7 airmen.
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