W. E. Warren                                                                                          Updated: 12 JUN 2022

Airman: o888424.htm Surname: Warren Init: W E Rank: Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 214

P_link: p224.htm Plane: STI EF402 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: Near Galtho

Crash_d: d280943 Buried_d: o888 C_link: o888.htm At_Next: POW

Den 28. september 1943 styrtede STI EF402 ned i Danmark. Besætningen havde forladt flyet over Holland! Bombemål: Hannover.

"I luften kl. 20.13 den 27. september 1943 fra Chedburgh. Ramt af flak og forhastet forladt mellem Almelo i Holland og den tyske havn Emden.
Overladt til sig selv fløj denne Stirling videre og kom siden ned kl. 01.45 ved Galtho (omkring her), 18 km nordøst for Varde i Danmark." (Lost Bombers)

F/S A.H.E.Bamsey blev interneret i lejrene L6 Heydekrug / 357 Thorn-Fallingbostel med Sgt E.A.Harvey og Sgt W.E.Warren.
Sgt R.G.Bentley blev interneret i lejrene 4B Mühlberg / L3 Sagan med Sgt T.Brennan og F/S C.Brown.
Sgt J.D.Musgrove i lejrene L6 Heydekrug / L4 Gross Tychow. " (Lost Bombers)

7 flyvere.

On 28 September 1943 STI EF402 crashed in Denmark. The crew had abandoned the plane over Holland!

"Airborne 2013 27Sep43 from Chedburgh. Hit by Flak and prematurely abandoned between Almelo in Holland and the German port of Emden.
Left to its own devices, the Stirling flew on and, subsequently, came down 0145 at Galtho (about here), 18 km NE of Varde, Denmark." (Lost Bombers)

F/S A.H.E.Bamsey was interned in Camps  L6 Heydekrug / 357 Thorn-Fallingbostel with Sgt E.A.Harvey and Sgt W.E.Warren.
Sgt R.G.Bentley was interned in Camps 4B Mühlberg / L3 Sagan with Sgt T.Brennan and F/S C.Brown.
Sgt J.D.Musgrove in Camps  L6 Heydekrug / L4 Gross Tychow. " (Lost Bombers)

See No. 214 Squadron RAF - Wikipedia and No. 214 (FMS) Squadron.
Stirling III BU-E took off from RAF Chedburgh at 20.13 hrs on 27 SEP 1943 targeting Hannover. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.)
7 airmen.